The Sultanate of Oman

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Located in the southeastern corner of the Arabian peninsula is the Sultanate of Oman. Oman isn’t one of the better-known countries in the Middle East, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it has an incredibly rich history and was once the center of a trading empire that extended into Africa. Learn more about the Sultanate of Oman and its history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month. Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Located in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula is the sultanate of Oman.
0:05.0	Oman isn't one of the better known countries in the Middle East, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
0:10.0	However, it has an incredibly rich history and was once the center of a training empire that extended into Africa.
0:17.0	Learn more about the Sultanate of Oman and its history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. I'm guessing for most of you if you're familiar with a country of Oman. It's because you've heard the name or you've seen it on a map.
0:45.0	Compared to other nations along the Persian Gulf, there are very few news stories about Oman.
0:50.0	It isn't as sexy and modern as Dubai. It doesn't have the money of Khather or Abu Dhabi.
0:56.0	It doesn't have the oil resources of Saudi Arabia.
0:59.0	And there haven't been conflicts fought there in recent memory as with Yemen or Kuwait.
1:03.0	Yet for myself and other people I know who have visited,
1:07.0	Oman is actually my favorite country in the region.
1:10.0	So for those of you who aren't familiar with Oman, let me briefly describe where it is.
1:15.4	The majority of Oman is in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula.
1:20.3	By sea, it borders the Gulf of Oman Oman which sits between Oman and Iran as well as the Arabian Sea
1:26.3	which is part of the Indian Ocean.
1:28.7	In the southwest it borders Yemen and in the northwest it borders the United Arab Emirates.
1:34.0	Its interior border Saudi Arabia in the vast desert and dunefields of the empty quarter.
1:40.0	That describes most of Oman.
1:42.6	But there is another part of Oman, which is an exclave that is separated from the rest of the country.
1:48.0	Jutting into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entrance to the Persian Gulf
1:52.0	is the Musendam Peninsula has a very low population, but its northernmost tip does have
1:59.2	one of the craziest geological formations you're going to see anywhere on Earth.
2:03.0	If you look at it on a map, it looks like a fractal pattern that you would see generated by a computer.
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