Did You Know
23 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
Did You Know,,, About the emirates before its union:
1. The UAE has more than 330 traditional and antique buildings that goes back in history to the stone ages.
2. The Delma Island (one of the 200 islands the UAE has) is thought to be the oldest settlement in the Area which goes back to before the 7000 BC, meaning before the Pharaohs civilization.
3. There are finding’s in Dubai’s Jumierah area that indicates that the Umayyad Caliphate (The Second Arab caliphate) operated an international Marine center from this area, in addition to the improvement in building ships.
4. Alqawasem (The ancestors of the royal family of Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah) had the most powerful fleet in the area having more than 60 large ships and around 20,000 sailor, which made it the most feared power by the Colonizers.
