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United Arab Emirates History Timeline5500 BC-3800 BC Ubaid Period. The earliest traces of human settlement discovered on Dalma, Abu Dhabi
3800 BC-1250 BC Bronze age period. Longest period after stone age in UAE
1250 BC-350 BC Iron Age period. In this period the Falaj (a form of irrigation system) was invented and farming communities were rising everywhere.
350 BC-300 AD Pre-Islamic, Hellenistic period
300- 632 Sasanian period
622 The Islamic Era in the UAE started. UAE inhabitants and the people of Oman adopted Islam voluntarily
1820 General Treaty of peace between the British Government and the Sheikhs of Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain, Ajman, Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi is signed.
1820 The treaty was about to combat piracy in Gulf area. From this, the area becomes known as the Trucial Coast.
1950s Oil is discovered.
1952 Trucial council was formed by Seven Emirates.
1962 Oil is exported for the first time from Abu Dhabi.
1968 British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, announces the plan for the complete withdrawal of all British forces from the Gulf by the end of 1971.
1971 After the independence. Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujayrah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaywayn come together as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sheikh Zayed Bin-Sultan Al Nuhayyan becomes the president.
1971 UAE joins the Arab League
1981 The Gulf Cooperation Council, is formed and it’s first meeting is held in Abu Dhabi.
1990 The UAE condemns the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
1995 UAE call for an end to Iraqi embargo.
1998 UAE restores diplomatic relations with Iraq.
2004 UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan passes away and is succeeded by his son, Sheikh Khalifa.
2006 First-ever national elections. A small number voters choose half of the members of the Federal National Council.
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