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Bh History And Culture

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Complete the sentence about Religion in Bahrain with the correct year: In December ______ the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Islamic Affairs merged to form the MOJIA.
Complete the sentence about Hawala with the correct year: The First International Conference on Hawala in May ______ published the Regulatory Frameworks for Hawala and Other Remittance Systems.
Complete the sentence about Bahrain Airport Company with the correct year: Under the company, the airport was awarded the Best Middle East Airport award at the Skytrax World Airport Awards in ______.
Complete the sentence about Bahrain Petroleum Company with the correct year: In ______ BAPCO commissioned a new pipeline that replaced the over 70 years old pipeline infrastructure between Bahrain and…
Complete the sentence about Zubarah with the correct year: The ______ history book Qatar's Memorial claimed that a functioning, self-governing settlement existed in the area prior to the arrival of th…
Complete the sentence about Bahrain Polytechnic with the correct year: Bahrain Polytechnic was established by Royal Decree number 65 for the year ______ by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, K…
Complete the sentence about King Hamad University Hospital with the correct year: In November ______, KHUH completed an audit conducted by the Joint Commission International and received JCI accredita…
Complete the sentence about King Hamad University Hospital with the correct year: In January ______, the Bahrain Oncology Centre obtained National Diamond Accreditation from the National Health Regula…
Complete the sentence about Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation with the correct year: In ______ Radio Bahrain switched its frequency from 101.0FM to 96.5FM.
Complete the sentence about Gulf Daily News with the correct year: A revamped website of the Gulf Daily News was launched in June ______.
Complete the sentence about Bahrain Defense Force with the correct year: On November 1, ______, the National Guard was renamed to the Bahrain Defence Force.
Complete the sentence about Bahrain Defense Force with the correct year: In ______ Isa ibn Salman appointed his eldest son and heir apparent, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, to be minister of defense and co…
Complete the sentence about Bahrain Defense Force with the correct year: Sheikh Hamad, a recent graduate of Mons Officer Cadet School in ______, was tasked with restructuring the Bahrain Defence Force…
Complete the sentence about Gulf War with the correct year: On 24 February ______, the coalition launched a decisive ground assault liberating Kuwait and promptly advancing into Iraqi territory.
Complete the sentence about Gulf War with the correct year: In the war's aftermath, the Iraqi government suppressed a series of uprisings until 5 April ______.
Complete the sentence about Gulf War with the correct year: In ______, another US-led coalition invaded and occupied Iraq, beginning the Iraq War.
Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effective in Augus…
Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: At the start of the war, Iraq expected a decisive victory, considering Iran's post-revolutionary chaos, but their invasion had stalled…
Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: The Iranian military then gained momentum, and recaptured all their territory by June ______.
Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: In mid-______, Iraq launched a series of counter-offensives that created the military stalemate present at the war's end.
Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: In ______, the Shah had launched the White Revolution, a top-down modernization and land reform program that alienated many sector…
Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: A key turning point occurred on 19 August ______, when the Cinema Rex fire by Islamic militants killed around 400 people.
Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: On 16 January ______, Pahlavi left Iran for exile, leaving his duties to Iran's Regency Council and Shapour Bakhtiar, the oppositi…
Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: On 1 February ______, Khomeini returned, following an invitation by the government; several million greeted him as he landed in Te…
Complete the sentence about Reza Shah with the correct year: Joining the Persian Cossack Brigade at age 14, he rose through the ranks, becoming a brigadier-general by ______.
Complete the sentence about Reza Shah with the correct year: In February ______, as leader of the entire Cossack Brigade based in Qazvin province, he marched towards Tehran and seized the capital.
Complete the sentence about Reza Shah with the correct year: In an effort to reduce British and Russian influence, Reza Shah initially sought partnerships with the United States and Weimar Germany unt…
Complete the sentence about Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the correct year: Born in Tehran, Pahlavi was named crown prince upon his father's coronation in ______, and later served as an officer in the Ir…
Complete the sentence about Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the correct year: The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in ______ forced Reza Shah's abdication and Mohammad Reza's accession to the throne.
Complete the sentence about Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the correct year: The ______ Sale and Purchase Agreement effectively nationalized Iran's petroleum operations, and surging oil revenues thereafte…
Complete the sentence about Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the correct year: In January ______, a newspaper article attacking dissident cleric Ruhollah Khomeini sparked protests that rapidly developed int…
Complete the sentence about Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the correct year: On 16 January ______, the Shah left Iran for exile, transferring his duties to a regency council.
Complete the sentence about House of Saud with the correct year: In ______, Muhammad bin Nayef was replaced by Mohammed bin Salman, King Salman's son, as the crown prince after an approval by the Alle…
Complete the sentence about Ibn Saud with the correct year: The family were exiled from their residence in the city of Riyadh in ______.
Complete the sentence about Ibn Saud with the correct year: Ibn Saud reconquered Riyadh in ______, starting three decades of conquests that made him the ruler of nearly all of central and north Arabia…
Complete the sentence about Ibn Saud with the correct year: As King, he presided over the discovery of petroleum in Saudi Arabia in ______ and the beginning of large-scale oil production after World W…
Complete the sentence about Emirate of Diriyah with the correct year: In retribution, Abdulaziz was assassinated by a young Shia in ______, having followed him back to Najd.
Complete the sentence about Emirate of Diriyah with the correct year: In ______, eleven years after his death, the son of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad, Saud bin Abdulaziz, sent out forces to bring the regio…
Complete the sentence about Second Saudi State with the correct year: Turki bin Abdullah's reconquest of Riyadh from Ottoman-Egyptians forces in ______ is generally regarded as the beginning of the se…
Complete the sentence about Second Saudi State with the correct year: Turki was assassinated in ______ by order of Mishari bin Abdul Rahman, a distant cousin.
Complete the sentence about Second Saudi State with the correct year: The local population was unwilling to resist, and Faisal was defeated and taken to Ottoman Egypt as a prisoner for the second time…
Complete the sentence about Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa with the correct year: In ______, he attempted to intervene in Bahrain, exploiting internal conflicts within the ruling family.
Complete the sentence about Second Saudi State with the correct year: In the aftermath of the Battle of Mesaimeer in Qatar in June ______, Faisal gained temporary dominion over Qatar, which was previo…
Complete the sentence about Ottoman Empire with the correct year: The empire emerged from a beylik, or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in c. ______ by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I…
Complete the sentence about Ottoman Empire with the correct year: The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in ______ by Mehmed II.
Complete the sentence about Portuguese Empire with the correct year: In ______, Pedro Álvares Cabral, while on a voyage to India, reached what would later be Brazil.
Complete the sentence about Portuguese Empire with the correct year: By ______, a string of naval outposts connected Lisbon to Nagasaki along the coasts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Complete the sentence about Portuguese Empire with the correct year: The ______ British Ultimatum led to the contraction of Portuguese ambitions in Africa.
Complete the sentence about Portuguese Empire with the correct year: In August ______, Dahomey annexed the Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá, and in December that year India annexed Goa, Daman, and D…
Complete the sentence about Afonso de Albuquerque with the correct year: Afonso de Albuquerque was born in ______ in Alhandra, near Lisbon.
Complete the sentence about Afonso de Albuquerque with the correct year: In ______, under the command of Afonso V, he was present at the conquest of Tangier and Arzila in Morocco, and he served there…
Complete the sentence about Afonso de Albuquerque with the correct year: In ______, he accompanied Prince John in wars against Castile, including the Battle of Toro.
Complete the sentence about Safavid dynasty with the correct year: Traditional pre-______ Safavid manuscripts trace the lineage of the Safavids to the Kurdish dignitary, Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah.
Complete the sentence about Safavid dynasty with the correct year: The source of legitimacy changed from the Chinggisids to the Alids when the Safavids captured the Iranian throne in ______.
Complete the sentence about Safavid dynasty with the correct year: The exact Alid ancestry of the Safavids had not yet been formally recorded in their genealogical tree when Ismail I declared his supp…
Complete the sentence about Nader Shah with the correct year: Following his assassination in ______, his empire quickly disintegrated, and Iran fell into a civil war.
Complete the sentence about British Empire with the correct year: Britain became a major power in the Indian subcontinent after the East India Company's conquest of Mughal Bengal at the Battle of Plas…
Complete the sentence about British Empire with the correct year: The American Revolution resulted in Britain losing some of its oldest and most populous colonies in North America by ______.
Complete the sentence about British Raj with the correct year: As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in ______.
Complete the sentence about British Raj with the correct year: The Kingdom of Sikkim was established as a princely state after the Anglo-Sikkimese Treaty of ______; however, the issue of sovereignty w…
Complete the sentence about Trucial States with the correct year: The Trucial States remained an informal British protectorate until the treaties were revoked on 1 December ______.
Complete the sentence about Trucial States with the correct year: In ______, the Trucial States Council was established to encourage co-operation among the seven rulers.
Complete the sentence about Trucial States with the correct year: On 11 January ______, again at Ras Al Khaimah, Shakhbut bin Diyab Al Nahyan signed on behalf of his son, Tahnoon, the Sheikh of the Ba…
Complete the sentence about Trucial States with the correct year: The uncle of Muhammad bin Hazza of Dubai signed on 28 January ______ in Sharjah.
Complete the sentence about British Residency with the correct year: Antique prints in polished wooden frames adorn the walls including one that depicts the battle of Seringapatnam, dating from ______…
Complete the sentence about Persian Gulf Residency with the correct year: Realizing the region's significance, the English fleet supported the Persian emperor Abbas I in expelling the Portuguese from…
Complete the sentence about Persian Gulf Residency with the correct year: The arrival of a large French mission in Persia in ______ under General Gardane galvanized the British, both in London and Cal…
Complete the sentence about Persian Gulf Residency with the correct year: Britain appointed Harford Jones as their first resident envoy to the Persian court in ______.
Complete the sentence about Persian Gulf Residency with the correct year: By ______, the Qawasim were spreading terror along the Indian coast to within 70 miles of Bombay.
Complete the sentence about Standard Oil with the correct year: In ______, the landmark Supreme Court case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v.
Complete the sentence about Standard Oil with the correct year: The net value of companies severed from Jersey Standard in ______ was $375 million, which constituted 57% of Jersey Standard's value.
Complete the sentence about Standard Oil with the correct year: Standard Oil's prehistory began in ______, as an Ohio partnership formed by industrialist John D.
Complete the sentence about Standard Oil with the correct year: In ______, Rockefeller abolished the partnership and incorporated Standard Oil in Ohio.
Complete the sentence about Texaco with the correct year: Texaco began as the "Texas Fuel Company", founded in ______ in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S.
Complete the sentence about Texaco with the correct year: To accomplish this, Cullinan organized the Producers Oil Company in ______, as a group of investors affiliated with The Texas Fuel Company.
Complete the sentence about Texaco with the correct year: Texaco gasoline comes with Techron, an additive developed by Chevron, as of ______, replacing the previous CleanSystem3.
Complete the sentence about Texaco with the correct year: Texaco was founded in Beaumont, Texas, as the "Texas Fuel Company" in ______, by Jim Hogg, Joseph S.
Complete the sentence about Texaco with the correct year: On 1 May ______, the Texas Company was formed from the assets of Texas Fuel assets, and additional capitalization.
Complete the sentence about Saudi Aramco with the correct year: The US administration had popular support for an "Open Door policy", which Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, initiated in ______.
Complete the sentence about Gulf Cooperation Council with the correct year: The Charter of the GCC was signed on 25 May ______, formally establishing the institution.
Complete the sentence about Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf with the correct year: In ______, Bahraini prime minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said that current events in the…
Complete the sentence about Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf with the correct year: An economic agreement between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council was signed on 11 Nove…
Complete the sentence about Saudi-led intervention in Yemen with the correct year: By ______, the conflict was reported as a "military stalemate", and the following year, Saudi Arabia declared its fir…
Complete the sentence about Saudi-led intervention in Yemen with the correct year: By September ______, Houthi fighters captured Sanaa, toppling Hadi's government.
Complete the sentence about Saudi-led intervention in Yemen with the correct year: A conflict over a draft constitution resulted in the Houthis consolidating control over the Yemeni capital in January…
Complete the sentence about Houthis with the correct year: The organization played a role in the Yemeni Revolution of ______ by participating in street protests and coordinating with other Yemeni oppo…
Complete the sentence about Arab League with the correct year: The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March ______, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sy…
Complete the sentence about Arab League with the correct year: Furthermore, the signing of an agreement on Joint Defence and Economic Cooperation on 13 April ______ committed the signatories to coordi…
Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: The Israeli government under Ariel Sharon rejected the initiative as a "non-starter" because it required Israel to withdraw to…
Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: The Arab League summit held after the Six-Day War, during which Israel occupied large swathes of Arab territory, established th…
Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: Like most peace plans since ______, it was based on UN Security Council Resolution 242.
Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: During this period, the Bush administration hoped to draw attention away from the Iraq disarmament crisis that would later esca…
Complete the sentence about Israel–Palestine conflict with the correct year: The United Nations later voted to adopt their recommendations as a partition plan in ______.
Complete the sentence about Israel–Palestine conflict with the correct year: Since the ______ Six-Day War, Israel has been occupying the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, known collectively as the Palesti…
Complete the sentence about Peace to Prosperity with the correct year: Reactions among congressional Democrats were mixed, and all the leading Democratic ______ presidential candidates denounced it as…
Complete the sentence about United States Navy with the correct year: The Naval Act of ______ provided for constructing six heavy frigates, the first ships of the Navy, in the prelude to the Barbary W…
Complete the sentence about United States Navy with the correct year: The Navy maintains 290 deployable combat vessels as of ______, including the world's largest fleet of nuclear-powered ships, betwe…
Complete the sentence about Combined Maritime Forces with the correct year: In October ______, Hydrographic Survey Group 1 arrived to help map the Persian Gulf's waters.
Complete the sentence about Combined Maritime Forces with the correct year: In June ______, Commander, Middle East Force, was Commander Task Force 109.
Complete the sentence about Combined Maritime Forces with the correct year: The name was changed to Naval Support Activity Bahrain in ______, to reflect its broader support role.

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