Editing Arabian Peninsula (section)

====The Arab Revolt and the foundation of Saudi Arabia====
[[File:Map Arabia 1929 - Touring Club Italiano CART-TRC-10.jpg|thumb|Physical and political elements of Arabia in 1929]]
[[File:الملك عبد العزيز مع الشيخ جابر الأحمد الصباح.jpg|thumb|[[Ibn Saud|Abdulaziz Ibn Saud]], the founding father and first king of [[Saudi Arabia]]]]
The major developments of the early 20th century were the [[Arab Revolt]] during World War I and the subsequent collapse and [[partitioning of the Ottoman Empire]]. The Arab Revolt (1916–1918) was initiated by the [[Sherif Hussein ibn Ali]] with the aim of securing independence from the ruling [[Ottoman Empire]] and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from [[Aleppo]] in Syria to [[Aden]] in Yemen. During World War I, the Sharif Hussein entered into an alliance with the United Kingdom and France against the Ottomans in June 1916.
[[File:Map_of_the_states_of_the_Arabian_Peninsula_(1905-1923).svg|thumb|The Arabian Peninsula in 1923]]
These events were followed by the foundation of Saudi Arabia under King [[Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia|Abdulaziz Ibn Saud]]. After the collapse of the [[Emirate of Diriyah]], the House of Sand regrouped and in 1824 founded the [[Second Saudi State]], which would control most of Arabia for the next two-thirds of a century. Ibn Saud, after his family lost power in 1891, would establish the [[Third Saudi State]], capturing [[Riyadh]] in 1902, and, successively subduing Al-Hasa, [[Emirate of Jabal Shammar|Jabal Shammar]] and [[Kingdom of Hejaz|Hejaz]] between 1913 and 1926. The Saudis then absorbed the [[Idrisid Emirate of Asir|Emirate of Asir]], with their expansion only ending in 1934 after a [[Saudi–Yemeni War (1934)|war with Yemen]].