Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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On the back of establishing a Saudi state in the 1920s, King Abdul Aziz utilised his sovereignty to craft an independent future for Saudi Arabia. Most of the Middle East at the time was busying itself with modernising their states capacity. The Saudi Royal Family had a difficult task on their hands in this regard, considering the barren and undeveloped nature of Saudi Arabia. But they did have one great advantage that would prove to be a game changer: Oil. Supplying the demand of industrialised countries, the Black Gold liquid transformed Saudi Arabia into a regional powerhouse that could profoundly impact global geopolitics.

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