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Arbeitsgruppe: Sami Vorländer, Till Schley
Fach: Englisch
Betreuende Lehrkraft: Frau Hess
Klasse: 9b
Dubai
Architecture
Ge graphy
Burj Khalifa
Burj Al Arab
- the tallest man-made building
in the world
- was inspired by the structure of the
desert flower named as
Hymenocallis
- 7 star luxury hotel
- "the world's only seven-Star hotel"
- 321 m high
- most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- it lies in the southeast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula
- Dubai is located on the emirates' northern coastline
Table of Contents
Geography
History
Climate
Governance and politics
Architecture
Governance and politics
Pearl export
History
Dubai was known for its pearl exports until the 1930s
the pearl trade was damaged irreparably by the Great Depression in the 1930s
with the collapse of the pearling industry, Dubai fell into a deep depression
- Dubai has been ruled by the Al Maktoum family since 1833
- the emirate is an absolute monarchy with no elections
Oil export
Law enforcement
- oil was eventually discovered in territorial waters off Dubai in 1966
- the first field was named 'Fateh' or 'good fortune'
- this led the emirate to grant concessions to international oil companies
Sharia laws
- the Dubai Police Force, has been found in 1956 in the locality of Naif
- there are three courts
- kissing in public is strictly illegal
- Non-Muslims are allowed to
- consume alcohol in licensed venues
Climate
- Dubai has a hot desert climate
- summers in Dubai are extremely hot, windy, and humid
- the temperatures have got an average high around 41 ° C and overnight lows around 30 ° C
- winters are warm with an average high of 24 °C and overnight lows of 14 °C
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