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1
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Early Emirate, whose Emir, Muhammad Ibn Saud is the ancestor of all the Saudis.

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Emirate of Diriyah

2
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First King of modern Saudi Arabia

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Ibn Saud

3
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Islamic puritanical movement that dominates Saudi Arabia

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Wahabbism

4
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Corporation which is the source of most of the House of Saud’s wealth

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ARAMCO

5
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Saudi King who was assassinated by his nephew of the same name ( a drug dealing UC Boulder drop out)

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Faisal

6
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Military force which supported and helped Ibn Saud take control of the region, before later revolting against him and being utterly crushed at the Battle of Sabilla.

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Ikhwan

7
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Man who led a seizure of the Great mosque of Mecca (Masjid-Al Haram) with a group of extremists in 1979.

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Juhayman al Otaybi

8
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This 1934 treaty ended the Saudi-Yemeni War, setting Saudi Arabia’s southern border

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Treaty of Taif

9
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War in which the Saudis backed the ruling Mutawakallite dynasty against the insurgent rebels.

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North Yemen Civil War (There used to be another South Yemen which was socialist)

10
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1996 Terrorist Attack on a housing complex near the Saudi ARAMCO HQ

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Khobar Towers bombing

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