Question: When was the region that lies to the north of the region where Aluf is located and the Persian Gulf created?

<P0-S0> The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country situated in Southwest Asia, the largest country of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. <P0-S1> Its extensive coastlines on the Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal. <P0-S2> The kingdom occupies 80% of the Arabian Peninsula. <P0-S3> Most of the country's boundaries with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, and the Republic of Yemen (formerly two separate countries: the Yemen Arab Republic or North Yemen; and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen or South Yemen) are undefined, so the exact size of the country remains unknown. <P0-S4> The Saudi government estimate is at 2,217,949 square kilometres, while other reputable estimates vary between 2,149,690 and 2,240,000 sq. <P0-S5> kilometres. <P0-S6> Less than 1% of the total area is suitable for cultivation, and in the early 1990s, population distribution varied greatly among the towns of the eastern and western coastal areas, the densely populated interior oases, and the vast, almost empty deserts. <SEP> <P1-S0> ixtoc-alfa is a counter-terrorism base created by the mexican navy for the purpose of preventing terrorist attacks on the country's gulf of mexico oilfields. <P1-S1> it was first opened on 22 december 2003. <SEP> <P2-S0> Major-General Chaim Herzog (; 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) was an Israeli politician, general, lawyer and author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993. <P2-S1> Born in Belfast and raised predominantly in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935 and served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the 1936–39 Arab revolt. <P2-S2> In the British Army during World War II, latterly as an officer, he received the nickname "Vivian" because the British could not pronounce "Chaim". <P2-S3> He returned to Palestine after the war and, following the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, operated in the battles for Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. <P2-S4> He retired from the Israel Defence Forces in 1962 with the rank of Major-General. <SEP> <P3-S0> For much of the region's history a patchwork of tribal rulers controlled most of the area. <P3-S1> The Al Saud (the Saudi royal family) emerged as minor tribal rulers in Najd in central Arabia. <P3-S2> From the mid-18th century, imbued with the religious zeal of the Wahhabi Islamic movement, they became aggressively expansionist. <P3-S3> Over the following 150 years, the extent of the Al Saud territory fluctuated. <P3-S4> However, between 1902 and 1927, the Al Saud leader, Abdulaziz, carried out a series of wars of conquest which resulted in his establishing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1930. <SEP> <P4-S0> saanich—gulf islands is a federal electoral district in british columbia, canada, that has been represented in the house of commons of canada since 1988. it is named for its geographical location across the gulf islands and saanich peninsula in the vancouver island region. <SEP> <P5-S0> Israel (/ˈɪzreɪəl/ or /ˈɪzriːəl/; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Yisrā'el; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل‎ Isrāʼīl), officially the State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Medīnat Yisrā'el [mediˈnat jisʁaˈʔel] ( listen); Arabic: دولة إِسْرَائِيل‎ Dawlat Isrāʼīl [dawlat ʔisraːˈʔiːl]), is a sovereign state in Western Asia. <P5-S1> The country is situated in the Middle East at the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. <P5-S2> It shares land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories (which are claimed by the State of Palestine and are partially controlled by Israel) comprising the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. <P5-S3> It contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. <P5-S4> Israel's financial and technology center is Tel Aviv while Jerusalem is both the self-designated capital and most populous individual city under the country's governmental administration. <P5-S5> Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized. <P5-S6> [note 1]