Despite these multiple descriptors, God is uniquely simple. Despite its large hydrocarbon reserves, rapidly increasing domestic demand driven by population growth and industrialization in the first decade of the 21st century forced the emirates to import natural gas and to draw upon petroleum reserves at a fraction of the export price. While there were certainly regional and temporal variations in the pre-Christian religion of the Germanic peoples, there was nevertheless a common core worldview, cosmology, and, to a large extent, a common pantheon as well. A full 75 percent of them have at least one social-media account, while only half of Gen Xers do. The emirate long maintained a controlling interest in its oil fields and took full control of oil production in 2007. At its peak, Dubai produced about one-sixth of the country’s total output of petroleum. Dubai’s revenues have been invested in projects such as a dry dock and a trade centre; its first airport was expanded in the 2000s, while a second airport was built near the port of Jebel Ali, and additional hotels have been built, including the striking Burj al-ʿArab (“Tower of the Arabs”), which opened in the late 1990s. The Burj Khalifa (“Khalifa Tower”) skyscraper in Dubai city became the world’s tallest building and the tallest freestanding structure when it opened in 2010. Sharjah has built a cement plant, a plastic-pipe factory, and paint factories.

London and New York City are recognized as the most integrated cities in the world. The first Jewish community to be reestablished in Britain was in London in the 17th century, and in the 19th century Jews also settled in many of the large provincial cities. This video was shot at the Keskidee Community Centre, a black arts center in London in 1978. Marley chose the site and the video shows him singing and playing with kids recruited from various stage schools, including a young Naomi Campbell, the future supermodel. However, agriculture contributes only a small fraction of gross domestic product (GDP) and employs less than one-tenth of the workforce. Manufacturing accounts for less than one-tenth of GDP in the country overall. The country also produces enough eggs, poultry, fish, and dairy products to meet its own needs but must import most other foodstuffs, notably grains. And so, we seek what is not there, for everything we seek to find in life must have been placed there by us. The emirates have attempted to diversify their economy to avoid complete dependence on oil, and manufacturing has played a significant part in that effort.

In 2009 the emirates contracted the Korean Electric Power Company to build four nuclear reactors in the country by 2020. Abu Dhabi and Dubai also began to invest in renewable energy. Petroleum production in Dubai began in 1969. There are offshore oil fields at Ḥaql Fatḥ, Fallah, and Rāshid. Oil was discovered in Abu Dhabi in 1958, and the government of that emirate owns a controlling interest in all oil-producing companies in the federation through the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The media and individual members of the National Assembly have been criticized for using disparaging language when referring to nontraditional groups. Most commercial fishing is concentrated in Umm al-Quwain, and the emirates have one of the largest fishing sectors in the Arab world. The emirate of Dubai, whose economy is centred more on business than on oil, serves as a commercial and financial hub for the region and leads the country in economic diversification. There are also small but growing numbers of Christians and Hindus in the country. In 2017, there were 19,830 Quakers in the country. The Society of Friends (Quakers) also originated at that time. The task of the king as the protagonist of human society was to retain the benevolence of the gods in maintaining order against disorder.

This implied contrast reaffirmed the fragile order. Decorum and the affirmation of order reinforced each other. Because it relies on energy-intensive technologies such as water desalination and air-conditioning and because subsidies on fuel have encouraged wasteful energy use, the United Arab Emirates has one of the world’s highest per capita rates of energy consumption. Agricultural production-centred largely in the emirates of Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah, in the two exclaves of ʿAjman, and at Al-Ain-has expanded considerably through the increased use of wells and pumps to provide water for irrigation. In the late 1990s the United Arab Emirates began investing heavily to develop its natural gas sector, both for export and to fire domestic thermal power plants. Sharjah began producing oil in 1974; another field, predominantly yielding natural gas, was discovered six years later. Because of the large number of foreign workers, more than two-thirds of the population is male and about three-fourths of the population is younger than 45 years of age. There are large and growing communities that practice Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism. Religions such as Judaism and Buddhism, and more recently Hinduism and Islam, are present due to immigration.