The history of Socotra describes the cultures, events, peoples and strategic relevance for sea trade of what is Socotra, an island of the Republic of Yemen, currently under control of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen's ongoing civil war.[1] Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra archipelago.
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The historyofSocotra describes the cultures, events, peoples and strategic relevance for sea trade of what is Socotra, an island of the Republic of Yemen...
shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra archipelago. Since 2013, the archipelago has constituted the Socotra Governorate...
Yemeni archipelago ofSocotra in the Guardafui Channel without prior coordination with the Yemeni government, causing the relations of the two countries...
archipelago ofSocotra. Since before British rule, Socotra had been part of the Mahra Sultanate but later it was captured by the British and they made Socotra a...
The Battle ofSocotra was a military engagement that took place on Socotra Island in 1507, and which resulted in the occupation of the Island by the Portuguese...
The geology ofSocotra is part of the national geology of Yemen. Ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks are intruded by younger igneous rocks, overlain...
part of the Socotra Archipelago of the Socotra Governorate of Yemen, it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the island ofSocotra. It consists of granite...
State of Qishn and Socotra (Arabic: الدولة المهرية للبر وسقطرى Al-Dawlah al-Mahrīyah lil-Barr wa-Suquṭrā) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda...
125°10′56.81″E / 32.1229528°N 125.1824472°E / 32.1229528; 125.1824472 Socotra Rock, also known as Ieodo (Korean: 이어도; Hanja: 離於島; MR: Iŏdo), Parangdo...
Cave or Hawk Cave (Arabic: كهف هوق) is a limestone cave on the island ofSocotra, Yemen. It is located in the Hala spot approximately 1.5 km from the north-eastern...
The Socotra buzzard (Buteo socotraensis) is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard...
The Socotra scops owl (Otus socotranus) is a small owl endemic to the island ofSocotra, Yemen. The Socotra scops owl was previously lumped with the African...
one of Cabral's ships discovered Madagascar (1501), which was partly explored by Tristão da Cunha (1507); Mauritius was discovered in 1507, Socotra occupied...
Portuguese Socotra refers to the period during which the island ofSocotra was ruled by the Portuguese Empire. Captured from the Mahra dynasty of Qishn in...
rains in Socotra, along with reported high waves, floods and landslides. Torrential rain on Saturday caused flooding on the island ofSocotra as the cyclone...
The Socotra worm snake (Xerotyphlops socotranus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is found only on the island ofSocotra in Yemen....
strait off the tip of the Horn of Africa that lies between the Puntland region of Somalia and the Socotra governorate of Yemen to the west of the Arabian Sea...
attacks. The Mamluks of Egypt tried to attach Yemen to Egypt and the Portuguese, led by Afonso de Albuquerque, occupied Socotra and launched an unsuccessful...
The Socotra sparrow (Passer insularis) is a passerine bird endemic to the islands ofSocotra, Samhah, and Darsah in the Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa...
The Port ofSocotra is a port in Yemen. It is located in Socotra Governorate. The port was constructed in 1996 with a 45-meter berth and a 5-meter draft...
smelters from the interior. A rich historyof trade with the Harappan culture of the Indus Valley is also evidenced by finds of jewelry and other items and there...
This is a list of spider species that occur on Socotra. Unless otherwise noted, they are endemic (they occur only there). Agelenella pusilla (Pocock,...
Kamaran, and Perim, as well as Socotra in the Arabian Sea, belong to Yemen; the largest of these is Socotra. Many of the islands are volcanic; Jabal...
center. The island country of Bahrain lies just off the east coast of the Peninsula. Due to Yemen's jurisdiction over the Socotra Archipelago, the Peninsula's...
battle. Tristão heeded their advice and sailed for Socotra instead. After the battle the city of Barawa quickly recovered from the attack. Over the next...
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