Conflicts

Today I decided to go to the National Museum of Oman. I wanted to learn about the conflicts in Oman. When I got into the exhibit, I was amazed about the cool artifacts they had in there. In there they had a computer with a news article that talked about the conflicts/key events in Oman history. The link is http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14654492. The first big conflict was when Qaboos bin Said al Said set up a bloodless coup to overthrow his father. He did this because he saw that Oman would really progress if they modernized and opened up to international powers. This was important because Qaboos bin Said al Said carried out his plan of making Oman modernized and made a foreign policy to be friendly with all Middle Eastern countries. Oman is considered as the middle man for talks between Iran and US. The second big conflict was a land agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Oman. They signed an agreement which defined the borders of Oman and U.A.E. Here is a map of the land agreement:

The white part of this map is Oman which shows that the agreement was on that piece of land that is at the tip of the continent. This agreement made sure that the U.A.E and Oman knew who owned the lands and to prevent any further conflicts in the future. 

       Alright this was my lecture on the conflict of Oman today. See you guy tomorrow!