Worth knowing
Oman
Oman's Dhofar region shipped frankincense across the ancient world. Its frankincense trees, a caravan oasis and the ruined ports of the trade, such as Khor Rori, are together a World Heritage Site.
Where its story happens
Khor Rori, an ancient frankincense port, at 17.04°N, 54.43°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Oman
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Oman, on the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, next to Yemen and the UAE. See Oman on a map.
- Its capital is Muscat, and it faces the Arabian Sea from the corner of the Arabian Peninsula.
- Every summer a monsoon soaks its southern mountains in rain and fog, a rare sight in Arabia.
- Frankincense, the perfumed resin burned as incense since ancient times, comes from trees in its southern hills.
- In 1840 its sultan moved his capital from the Arabian coast to the island of Zanzibar, off East Africa.