Thursday, April 12, 2012

History of the Middle East

The Middle East has a long, complex, and possibly even the most complicated history in the world. The region has experienced many forms of occupations and has been the subject of numerous empires and a civilization that's been inhabited since its initiation. Numerous dynasties such as the Umayyad, the Ayyubid, and the Ottoman empire all have once had a say in the economic, political, and all other forms of affairs. It's fortunate for me to say that these empires were extremely successful. Their borders were very large and the economic stability was unbelievable. It makes modern day states seem like they are worthless. In the earlier era, the societies would build their economy on the ladder of trade, fishing, construction, technology, science, and education in a sense that made them more established then the modern day nations of the Middle East.

The Arabs invented many things. So many things that I don't even want to mention one due to the fact that I'll probably end up mentioning all of them. Their minds back then worked together and they accomplished numerous goals and their achievements were widely accepted throughout the world at the time. The Middle East was the world superpower and they (the people at the time) were the ones who ran the affairs.

Arabs, Turks, Mamluks, and many other nationalities all lived together in one empire. There was no theoretical separation, only that of political and tangible affairs. Seems logical? It most certainly is logical. I don't mix and match different forms of opinions of my friends to end up choosing all of them. It's a way to gain power and that is around the power itself.

Modern states could certainly learn a thing or one hundred from the earlier states. Their economic system, their political system (although that remains undecided because of the corruption), and a system based on dealing with international affairs and what not. Let those beneficial to you be the ones close to you and let them establish a well-connected friendship in your lands. I'm not saying that the earlier era was flawless. In fact, it was heavily flawed do to some political corruption, however the outer image of that time period is much better than the one now in the Middle East.

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