The Middle East Geographic Arabian Peninsula is located in southwest Asia and is surrounded by the Red Sea on the west, the Arabian Sea on the south, and the Persian Gulf on the east. The Peninsula includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirate, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait.
Coup is a sudden seizure of power, usually by the military, in which the old government is replaced.
In most cases, there is little loss of life during this transfer of authority. Economic growth is a broad term used to describe an improvement in the economic situation of a state. Common measures include increases in national wealth, increases in personal wealth, or improvements in the standard of living. Legitimacy is the popular acceptance by the population of the leadership's right to rule. Historical Terms Arab is an ethnic group that claims descent from Ismail, the Prophet Abraham's son by Hagar.