Middle East Conflict Almanac | 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...