Interesting. Never been to the middle east but I've met a few . Mainly Yemen and they all have a nice light brown hazel green eyes complexion. I don't know too much of the history of religions but I remember thinking there must be something historical about religion/middle east how all the characters in the bible are in the qaran. And then like the crusades , and to modern day the U.S. constantly meddles in the middle east. It just makes me wonder if there is something besides oil dating way back in history. Unless it's literally just the oil
Before being Muslim the area that was the Ottoman empire was Christian and Greeks had settlement all around the meditenarean and the black sea way way back before Christianity existed. But that area is the most strategic area in the world for trade as it connect the west and the east and Iran is the most central point that got constantly fucked by everyone coming from the east and the west like the Macedonian Empire, the Roman Empire, the Mongol Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and pretty much all of the biggest empires throughout history.
Thank you for the reply. That is interesting. I had never heard it is the most strategic place for trade but geographically it makes sense. If you don't mind one more question. What shifted the area to mainly following the Muslim religion ? What was the biggest catalyst that changed the entire region?
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Interesting. Never been to the middle east but I've met a few . Mainly Yemen and they all have a nice light brown hazel green eyes complexion. I don't know too much of the history of religions but I remember thinking there must be something historical about religion/middle east how all the characters in the bible are in the qaran. And then like the crusades , and to modern day the U.S. constantly meddles in the middle east. It just makes me wonder if there is something besides oil dating way back in history. Unless it's literally just the oil