Wasn't Baghdad and Iraq etc. the setting for Arabian nights? Didn't it used to be a beautiful country full of nobility, mystique and riches? Jewel of the sands and all that? When did that change? Cause from what I've seen of it, it's dirty, poor and (more recently) bombed all to hell. Is anyone able to pinpoint when the country stopped being a place of dangerous, smoldering beauty and became the craphole it is now?
2007-03-24 18:58:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Mmk...Moonrays...take a deep breath, check wikipedia for "punctuation" and try that again in english please..
2007-03-24 19:42:08 · update #1
The problems in Iraq and the rest of the middle east are two fold.
1. The Muslim religion divided about a thousand years ago into many subgroups but mainly Sunni and Shiite. These two groups literally hate each other because they feel they are following the true beliefs of Mohammad plus each feel the other, thru assinations(sp) made the other less viable.
2. The second problem in the middle east came after the first World War. England and France (primarily France) took control of the middle east upon the fall of the Ottman Empire. Both countries wanted the oil. Instead of dividing the countries along ethnic or previous political borders, they divided them in such a manner that each had opposing forms of religion within them so they would fight among themselves instead of fighting against the English or French.
You can see this is the case even today. In Iraq, the Sunnis and Shiites are fighting each other. Turkey has problems along the same lines as does Syria and Iran.
2007-03-25 03:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by scotishbob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the world depended on oil & interference by certain parties to protect their oil-interests, both governments & NGOs.
Iraq was a big mistake for 2 reasons, over-confidence (like that of Vietnam) & taking out the only effective counter to the Iranian threat.
2007-03-24 21:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
March 17, 2003 approximately.
2007-03-24 20:02:08 · answer #3 · answered by christina k 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have u been in any of them or did u just read it from books, and 1001 nights in Arabic its as Ali fought over thief's to hide from as it belonged to her, or is it walking down any street and see its around u, or did them just escape as u said, tents and all r in Egypt, Nile was birth of it, writers over the time made it to fantastic as visitors will say harem do exist, but r them just for trip to bye a brat off it or is it dictators that needed cooling down not to hurt them own people, OK its different story and why to concure maby its tecnolicity that man made to hold needs to get hold it from others before its taken over, i am with wish as it was but its all gold in so and seven stars, u need go and see not just TV.
2007-03-24 19:20:44 · answer #4 · answered by moonraysunonbright 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hm let me see. ten years ago?
2007-03-24 19:05:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋