Rooted in the Past: Seeds of Discord in the Ancient Middle East
- Cradle of civilization
- The origins of Judaism
- The rise of Christianity
- Arabs and the rise of Islam
- Source of Agreement: One True God
- The Middle East under Muslim rule
- Source of Conflict: Sunnis vs. Shiites
- From Mamluks to Ottomans
- The seeds of future conflict
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The Middle East, a region centered on the Arabian Peninsula, but broadened to include countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and Sudan that were tied most directly to empires based on the Arabian...
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