The Imperial History of the Middle East
Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans…the list goes on.
Who will control the Middle East today and in the near future? Time will tell! [Hat tip: sokari]
Posted by Haitham Sabbah
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The first recorded rulers of this land were the Egyptians who believed their “gods” legitimized their authority. “But perhaps the most important consequence of unification of the invention of a state system. In order to legitimate the authority of the king, the early dynastic kings and their administrators invented an institution which transcended the individual king or his administrators. The king became a divine king, a living god incarnate in the king, who brought about fertility and life to the people he ruled. Egypt, then, was a theocratic (”theo”=god, “cratic”=ruled by) state.” To question the authority of the king was blasphemy.”
Hmm, their “gods” legitimized their rule. Hmm, “questioning authority is blasphemy” Succeeding empires claimed the same. Hmm? Sound familiar in current times? (hint, Zionists just “maybe” hiding behind a mask of “religion”)