Extending from the Gulf northward for about 150 miles ( 240 km ) is the outer belt of the Coastal Plain, also called the Timber Belt, whose soil is sandy and poor, but responds well to fertilization.

Aeacus ( also spelled Eacus, ) was a mythological king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf.

In certain Gulf Arab countries, " bachelor " can refer to men who are single as well as immigrant men married to a spouse residing in their country of origin ( due to the high added cost of sponsoring a spouse onsite ), and a colloquial term " executive bachelor " is also used in rental and sharing accommodation advertisements to indicate availability to white-collar bachelors in particular.

But finding the sea guarded by a squadron of Octavian's ships, he retired to winter at Patrae while his fleet for the most part lay in the Ambracian Gulf, and his land forces encamped near the promontory of Actium, while the opposite side of the narrow strait into the Ambracian Gulf was also protected by a tower and a body of troops.

The island is located east-northeast of the mainland with its northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ; its western coast also forming the eastern limits of the Northumberland Strait.

In the early period it was the name of a small territory in southern Babylonia extending along the northern and probably also the western shores of the Persian Gulf.

The strip has also met controversy over every military conflict it has dealt with, including Vietnam, Grenada, Panama and both Gulf Wars.

The government is also developing ports and infrastructure in La Union in the east of the country, in order to use the area as a " dry canal " for transporting goods from Gulf of Fonseca in the Pacific Ocean to Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean in the north.

The main temple to Enki is called E-abzu, meaning " abzu temple " ( also E-en-gur-a, meaning " house of the subterranean waters ""), a ziggurat temple surrounded by Euphratean marshlands near the ancient Persian Gulf coastline at Eridu.

The warm waters of the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Drift Current, which warm Norway and Sweden, also warm Finland.

The construction of the Baghdad Railway, financed by German banks, was designed to eventually connect Germany with the Turkish Empire and the Persian Gulf, but it also collided with British and Russian geopolitical interests.

The Iran – Iraq War ( also known as the First Persian Gulf War ) was an armed conflict between Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the 20th century.

Iraq was also aiming to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state.

The NIF regime also harbored Osama bin Laden for a time ( before 9 / 11 ), and worked to unify Islamist opposition to the American attack on Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War.

The Gulf Stream's powerful influence makes seasonal temperature variations extremely small considering the latitude of the island, with ranges from around in August to in February, but also makes the island extremely cloudy with little sunshine even during the continuous polar day — in fact the island is one of the gloomiest places in the world with any sunshine data.

Regional airlines such as Turkish Airlines, Gulf Air, Indian Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA ), Iranian Airlines, and others also make frequent stops at Kabul International Airport.

The state also has political jurisdiction over the approximately-wide portion of subsea land of the inner continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico.

La Malinche (; c. 1496 or c. 1505 – c. 1529 ), known also as Malinalli, Malintzin or Doña Marina, was a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who played a role in the Spanish conquest of Mexico, acting as interpreter, advisor, lover, and intermediary for Hernán Cortés.

An attempt to reinstate civilian rule was abandoned after the above-mentioned Moroccan-sponsored coup attempt nearly brought down the regime ; foreign-backed plots also involved Persian Gulf countries and Libya, and the country several times appeared to be under military threat from Morocco.

Mahan realized not only the strategic importance of the region, but also of its center, the Persian Gulf.

In Operation Desert Shield during the buildup phase of the 1st Gulf War, the U. S. Army were concerned about the lack of mobility, protection and firepower offered by existing rapid deployment ( i. e. airborne ) formations ; and also about the slowness of deploying regular armored units.

Moctezuma also extended the boundaries of the Aztec empire beyond the Valley of México to the Gulf Coast, subjugating the Huastec people and Totonac peoples and thereby gaining access to exotic goods such as cocoa, rubber, cotton, fruits, feathers, and seashells.

Another previous route that ran through the Persian Gulf via the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was also being threatened by exploitations from the Sassanid Empire, as well as being disrupted by the Lakhmids, the Ghassanids, and the Roman – Persian Wars.

Mobilian Jargon ( also Mobilian trade language, Mobilian Trade Jargon, Chickasaw – Choctaw trade language, Yamá ) was a pidgin used as a lingua franca among Native American groups living along the Gulf of Mexico around the time of European settlement of the region.

The UAE sent forces to assist Kuwait during the 1990-1991 Gulf War where several hundred UAE troops participated in the conflict as part of the GCC Peninsula Shield force that advanced into Kuwait City.

In the 1970s, Gulf participated in the development of new oilfields in the UK North Sea and in Cabinda, although these were high-cost operations that never compensated for the loss of Gulf's interest in Kuwait.

He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of Mexico led by Hernan Cortes.

Since I Corps was assigned to Fort Lewis in 1981, soldiers from its units have participated in Operation Just Cause in Panama, Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War, Operation Provide Comfort for Kurdish Refugees, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

WMF has also participated in projects in the United States, including Ellis Island, Mesa Verde National Park, the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, and many sites in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

As vassals of the Portuguese state, the Kingdom of Ormus jointly participated in the 1521 invasion of Bahrain that ended Jabrid rule of the Persian Gulf archipelago.

Warrior monks participated in at least four battles: at the Gulf of Hangzhou in spring 1553 and in the Huangpu River delta at Wengjiagang in July 1553, Majiabang in spring 1554, and Taozhai in autumn 1555.

In 1991, XVIII Airborne Corps participated in the Persian Gulf War.

Altogether, 12, 456 Air Guardsmen participated in Air Force operations during the Persian Gulf crisis.

After World War II ended, the US Navy entered the Cold War and participated in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War.

The Illinois Air National Guard ’ s 126th Air Refueling Wing and 108th Air Refueling Squadron were also mobilized and actively participated in the “ Air Bridge ” between the United States and the Persian Gulf.

In the 1990s the ISO expanded and participated in a series of movements and campaigns, including the movement against the first Gulf War and other US military interventions, against racism, and for abortion rights.

Calcutta participated in the blockade of Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland during the Crimean War, entitling Fisher to the Baltic medal, before returning to Britain a few months later.

CF-18s have supported North American Aerospace Defense Command | NORAD air sovereignty patrols and participated in combat during the Gulf War and the Kosovo and Bosnia crises.

She participated in the 1991 Gulf War and was recently decommissioned on 17th February 2011.

She was involved in the Falklands and Gulf Wars and participated in the build up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Japanese aircraft flying out of Clark participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, considered to be the largest naval battle of the Second World War.

In addition, it controlled the Operation Provide Comfort airlift missions to the Kurds following the Persian Gulf War, the Operation Provide Hope airlift in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and participated in Operation Restore Hope, the humanitarian airlift of food and supplies into Somalia.

In terms of fixed wing aircraft, the station was exclusively a Jaguar station from then on, and some of the station's pink painted Jaguars participated in the 1991 Gulf War Operation GRANBY and Operation Warden, without sustaining a single loss of man or machine, and in subsequent operations over Balkans ( Operation Deny Flight )) and then later Iraq once more.

On September 10, 1990 he participated in the International Conference on the " Current Situation in the Gulf " and at this conference, he made his opposition to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait a matter of public record.

During his period in command of HMAS Brisbane, the ship deployed to the Persian Gulf where she participated for the duration of the Persian Gulf War.

FCNL played a pivotal role in the creation of the Peace Corps, was instrumental in lobbying for the creation of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, played an important role in lobbying for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and participated in efforts to oppose the Persian Gulf and Iraq Wars.

He participated in protests against the Gulf War in 1991.