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the eighteenth century than anything else.
when the Anaiza tribe Kuwait’s success with
migrated to Saudi trading pearls was the
Arabia. There were main reason the country
many clans that joined was called the Pearl of
forces and called the Gulf.
themselves Bani Utub.
When the clans arrived Later, after all the tribes
joined Kuwait, they
in Kuwait, they saw a
Traditional clothing has “Kout”, which was an decided to move away
changed and evolved a from the Ottoman rule.
averagely sized boat. It
lot in Kuwait as Kuwait was built earlier So Kuwait established
modernized and was close relations with
inhabitants of the
influenced by incoming country, the tribe of Bani Britain, which resulted in
expats. Men still Khalid. The name Kuwait becoming a
wear dishdashas, but British colony in 1899.
“Kuwait” was originally
not at all times. from the “Kout”. Kuwait became better in
Nowadays most men pearl trading, but when
wear jeans, trousers, t- Bani Khalid was a small other countries started
shirts, and tribe that controlled the selling pearls for a lower
pants. Dishdashas are country and kept the price, Kuwait’s economy
worn most often for peace and avoided any horribly collapsed, which
special occasions such danger, but that tribe made the economy the
as weddings. As for were mainly desert worst in that region.
women in Kuwait, older people. Bani Khalid Kuwait’s small size and
women still wear made a mistake – they weakness motivated
abayas, but the new didn’t use the large sea close countries on
generation tend to wear that Kuwait had to their claiming parts of the
jeans, skirts and tight advantage. After that, borders. Yet, Kuwait
tops. Kuwaiti culture is Bani Utub took that was lucky, and Britain
ever evolving, and it advantage and took colonizing the country,
continues to change control of the water, the British introduced
even now. which resulted in them the Uqair Protocal in
starting trading with 1922, which defined
KUWAIT’s close by countries. The borders between the
HISTORY tribes back then started neighboring countries.
trading things like
By Abdulrahman al- horses, wood, dates and During 1961, Kuwait
Melhem Grade 11 other stuff. Kuwait was was the first Persian
actually more successful Gulf Arab countries to
Kuwait was founded in with the trading of pearls gain its independence.
