Competing Visions: Zionism, Nationalism, Pan-Arabism, and Islamism
- Zionism
- Nationalism
- Pan-Arabism
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Early in its history, the Middle East was a focal point for important developments in human civilization. The first societies formed in Egypt and Mesopotamia, and three of the largest monotheistic religions (religions that believed in only one god)—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—were all founded in the Fertile Crescent, a semicircle of land defined by the Mediterranean coastal region of Palestine in the west and the Tigris/Euphrates River valleys in the east. Because it connected Asia, Africa, and Europe, the Middle East was a...
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