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Arabia, also known as the Arabian Peninsula, is located between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in south-west Asia at its junction with Africa. The region is perhaps most notable for its status as the birthplace of the religion of Islam, but other notable inventions and traditions, including the invention of Algebra and the drinking of coffee,  have been attributed to its inhabitants over the centuries. Arabia is about 1500 miles long and its greatest width is in the south, roughly 1200 miles wide. Its total size is roughly the same as the eastern United States from the Mississippi River to the east coast. Arabia has water on three sides, the Red Sea on the west, the Arabian sea on the south, and the Persian Gulf on the east. The modern nations of Iraq and Jordan are its northern boundaries. Most of Arabia is dry wasteland, comparable to the Sahara desert. Little is known about Arabia before the time of the Muslim Prophet Muhammed (a.d. 570-632). Muhammed unified the Arabs of the region which then became powerful under the rule of Muhammed's successors. Arabs- Crusades-Encyclopedia Muhammed- Crusades-Encyclopedia Arab Conquests- Crusades-Encyclopedia (c) Andrew Holt, June 2005- Permission is granted for copying in electronic form and print distribution for educational and personal use. No permission is granted for commercial use.