Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia or the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  is a country on the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East, bordered by Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

History
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded by King Abdulaziz Al Saud (known in the West as Ibn Saud) in 1932. He had gained control of the city of Riyadh in 1902, going on to conquer much of the Arabian peninsula in the next thirty years. All kings of Saudi Arabia after Ibn Saud's death have been his sons.

Large oil reserves were discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938.