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During the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate, Arabia proper lost much military and economic significance in the Middle East, though it retained religious importance. The peninsula was not united again for a long time.
This remained the case until the rise of the Saudi Emirate of Diriyah in the 1700s, the first state in centuries to unite the bulk of Arabia.
Would it have been possible for a state conquer Hejaz, Najd, and al-Ahsa to appear centuries before OTL, and if so, how early could such a state appear? The House of Saud does not have to be involved.
This remained the case until the rise of the Saudi Emirate of Diriyah in the 1700s, the first state in centuries to unite the bulk of Arabia.
Would it have been possible for a state conquer Hejaz, Najd, and al-Ahsa to appear centuries before OTL, and if so, how early could such a state appear? The House of Saud does not have to be involved.