Africa & India
Al Bahrain, Bahrain
Bahrain is Arabic for "two seas," referring to the sweet water springs that can be found there. Bahrain has been inhabited since ancient times and has even been proposed as the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden. A strategic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and pearl diving made Bahrain a center of urban settlement. Pearl diving was the main economy until cultured pearls were invented in early 20th century.