Thursday, February 6, 2014

notes for next thursday's discussion

Here is some info from my research on my questions.
It is my understanding we should report to this blog while researching.
Then next Thursday we will go over our findings briefly in class.
I believe that the final project needs to be based on the work done here. So if we do a good job of keeping this blog up we should be set.

Social Structure
monarchy kalifah family since 1783
classified himself as king
comes from a federation Bani Utbah from Kuwait
 sunni Shiite conflicts
sunni aristocracy
small population govt pays for everything
edemenities
sponsorship


21st century
sunni palces green Shiite villages brown
80% land owned by royal family

future goals
friendship Causeway to be built

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