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Oman is a country on the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, with coastline along the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman, and a small exclave bordering the Strait of Hormuz. It has a maritime trading history stretching back several thousand years and was, at the height of the Omani Empire in the 19th century, one of the most powerful states in the region, controlling territories along the coasts of East Africa and South Asia.
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