Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Kare, Kuwait yaiva chiteshi chokutengesera chaikosha zvikuru pakati peMesopotamia neIndia. Minda yamafuta yakawanwa mumwero wokutengeserana muna 1938. Muna 1946, oiri isina kugadzirwa yakaendeswa kunze kwenyika kokutanga. Kubva muna 1946 kusvika muna 1982, nyika yacho yakachinja zvikuru. Muma1980, Kuwait yakasangana nenguva yekusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika uye dambudziko rezvehupfumi zvichitevera kudonha kwemusika wemasheya. Muna 1990, Kuwait yakanga
rakapambwa, uye gare gare rakabatanidzwa mune rimwe ramaguta eIraq neIraq pasi paSaddam Hussein. Kubatwa kweKuwait neIraq kwakaguma muna 1991 pashure pokupindira kwechiuto kwakaitwa nemubatanidzwa wemauto waitungamirirwa neUnited States nedzimwe nyika dzakasiyana-siyana. Kuwait mubatanidzwa mukuru weChina, mubatanidzwa wenharaunda weASEAN, uye mubatanidzwa mukuru asiri weNATO.