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    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - General Information

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    The United Arab Emirates has historically been shaped by Arab tribes migrating to the region beginning around 1000 BC. Tribes such as the Bani Yas roamed the deserts and coastal areas, developing unique lifestyles based on their harsh environments. Tribal structures and Islam provided social cohesion. While tribes wandered vast distances with camels, many families returned annually to oasis settlements to cultivate date gardens using traditional irrigation methods. Increased urbanization accompanied the pearling industry, greatly accelerating with the discovery of oil in the 20th century. However, preserving cultural heritage provides an important link to the past.

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    The United Arab Emirates has historically been shaped by Arab tribes migrating to the region beginning around 1000 BC. Tribes such as the Bani Yas roamed the deserts and coastal areas, developing unique lifestyles based on their harsh environments. Tribal structures and Islam provided social cohesion. While tribes wandered vast distances with camels, many families returned annually to oasis settlements to cultivate date gardens using traditional irrigation methods. Increased urbanization accompanied the pearling industry, greatly accelerating with the discovery of oil in the 20th century. However, preserving cultural heritage provides an important link to the past.

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    The United Arab Emirates has historically been shaped by Arab tribes migrating to the region beginning around 1000 BC. Tribes such as the Bani Yas roamed the deserts and coastal areas, developing unique lifestyles based on their harsh environments. Tribal structures and Islam provided social cohesion. While tribes wandered vast distances with camels, many families returned annually to oasis settlements to cultivate date gardens using traditional irrigation methods. Increased urbanization accompanied the pearling industry, greatly accelerating with the discovery of oil in the 20th century. However, preserving cultural heritage provides an important link to the past.

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    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - General Information

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    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES General Information

    The tribe has been the principal building block of UAE society since successive waves of
    migration, beginning in the middle of the first millennium BC, brought Arab tribes to the
    region. The varied terrain which these tribes inhabited, i.e. desert, oasis, mountains and coast,
    dictated the traditional lifestyles that evolved over the centuries but the common thread was
    the resourcefulness which the people displayed in exploiting to the limit their harsh
    environment. This was assisted by the age-old social structure in which each family was
    traditionally bound by obligations of mutual assistance to his immediate relatives and to the
    tribe as a whole. Among the tribe an individual's selfless hospitality was the source of his
    honor and pride. A common religion, Islam, also provided the cement that held the people
    together.
    The largest tribe, the Bani Yas, roamed the vast sandy areas that cover almost all of the
    emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Other tribes, too, such as the Awamir and Manasir, shared
    this challenging environment for numerous generations. All the subtribes and clans were
    accustomed to wander great distances with their camels in search of grazing, moving as entire
    family units. Almost all Bani Yas families, with the exception of the fishing groups like the Al
    Rumaitha returned to a home in one of the oasis settlements at certain times of year. Much
    prized date gardens were cultivated in the hollows of huge dunes at Liwa, tapping the water
    trapped beneath the absorbent sands. In Al Ain and other oases the luxuriant date gardens
    were watered by an efficient traditional irrigation system (falaj Ar.pl. aflaj) bringing water from
    aquifers in the mountains. In the narrow mountain wadis (valleys), falaj-like watercourses
    (ghayl) were used to irrigate terraced gardens tended by extended families.
    ghaus) during four months in the summer. Eventually, the pearling boom brought increased
    urbanization with a great mix of tribal people settling in coastal towns and villages. This
    process was hugely accelerated by the discovery and export of oil. So much so that life in the
    UAE today bears little resemblance to that of 30 or 40 years ago. Nevertheless, there is a deep
    awareness at all levels that the preservation of such a hard-won heritage provides a necessary
    bridge to the past and a solid basis to meet the challenges of the future

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