Middle East History In 3 1/2 Minutes
to the theme of the '60 movie, 'Exodus'...The Principals...
1) Early inhabitants
2) Sumaria
3) Old Egypt
4) Assyria
5) Hebrew Exodus
6) Babylonians
7) Alexander The Great
8) Macedonian successor general of Alexander
9) Macedonian Pharaoh of the Ptolemaics
10) Seleucids of Syria.
11) Jews from Babylonian Captivity - 2nd Temple
12) Jewish revolters of Judah 'The Hammer' Maccabee
13) Pompey's Romans - Diaspora
14) Constantine I - Byzantines
15) Mohammedan Arabs
16) European Crusaders
17) Mamlúks of Egypt
18) Turks - Ottoman Empire
19) Arab revolters
20) The British - Post WWI Mandate Of Palestine
21) Jewish settlers
22) Arab Israeli Wars - '48, '67, '73
23) Palestinian Freedom Fighters/Terrorists
24) Missiles presage......?
Comments (1)
I wanted to post this the other day but then I thought: Nope. Stay out of this. But this is the story, A god-forsaken country. but Jerusalem had so many owners it is unreal. In the olden days it was the trade routes and today it is the oil. I wonder what they're going to fight over when the oil dries up.