Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Persians, Europeans...the list goes on. Who will control the Middle East today? That is a much bigger question.
Quite a nice little flash representation of 5 thousand years of history condensed into about 2 minutes. It shows that Baghdad and Israel have literally been conquored by almost everyone - or should I say - the major powers of the times.
It seems that this part of the world has seen war on a semi-constant basis for 5 thousand years (give or take). That's quite a bit of time for people to be dying over the same plot of sand.
http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html
Quite a nice little flash representation of 5 thousand years of history condensed into about 2 minutes. It shows that Baghdad and Israel have literally been conquored by almost everyone - or should I say - the major powers of the times.
It seems that this part of the world has seen war on a semi-constant basis for 5 thousand years (give or take). That's quite a bit of time for people to be dying over the same plot of sand.
http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html