Comments on: The Middle East in History http://warpost.blogsome.com/2006/10/13/moving-map-of-the-middle-east/ Iraq 90 Years Apart: Soldiers' Letters from the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 & Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-Present Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:43:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Nensy Cooper http://warpost.blogsome.com/2006/10/13/moving-map-of-the-middle-east/#comment-34 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:04:34 +0000 http://warpost.blogsome.com/2006/10/13/moving-map-of-the-middle-east/#comment-34 The Middle East has been the center of more than 20 major conflicts from the Persian-Greek Wars to the Crusades to the Iran-Iraq War. After World War I, the decline and dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire marked the beginning of a new stage of conflict over territory centering around the lands of Palestine. While today about 92% of the population (292 million people) are Muslims, the Middle East is the geographic and emotional center of three of the world's great religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Middle East has been the center of more than 20 major conflicts from the Persian-Greek Wars to the Crusades to the Iran-Iraq War. After World War I, the decline and dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire marked the beginning of a new stage of conflict over territory centering around the lands of Palestine.

While today about 92% of the population (292 million people) are Muslims, the Middle East is the geographic and emotional center of three of the world’s great religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.

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