- First humans (125,000 years ago)
- Hafit period (3200 - 2600 BC)
- Umm Al Nar culture (2600 - 2000 BC)
- Wadi Suq culture (2000 - 1300 BC)
- Ridda Wars (632 - 633 AD)
- Persian Gulf campaign (1809)
- Persian Gulf campaign (1819)
- Trucial States (1820-1970)
- Oil is discovered at Umm Shaif (1958)
- Trucial States gain independence (1971)
- Qatar and Bahrain leave Trucial States (1971)
- United Arab Emirates is founded (1971)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the United Arab Emirates at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of the United Arab Emirates.)
