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Modern History (1918 - 20XX)

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	During the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Syria and Egypt made moves towards independence since the Sick Man of Bosphorus was fast dying of anachronism and lack of key reforms. Although the Kingdom of Egypt was technically "neutral" during World War II, Cairo soon became a major military base for the British and the country was occupied. In Palestine, a potent shitstorm was brewing as conflicting forces of Arab nationalism and Zionism created a situation the British could neither resolve nor gtfo from. The rise of Germany's Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party had created a new urgency in the Zionist quest to immigrate to Palestine and create a Jewish state. Most of the German propaganda aimed at arabs was influenced by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, but many historians dispute that he played a significant role in the Holocaust.		During the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Syria and Egypt made moves towards independence since the Sick Man of Bosphorus was fast dying of anachronism and lack of key reforms. Although the Kingdom of Egypt was technically "neutral" during World War II, Cairo soon became a major military base for the British and the country was occupied. In Palestine, a potent shitstorm was brewing as conflicting forces of Arab nationalism and Zionism created a situation the British could neither resolve nor gtfo from. The rise of Germany's Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party had created a new urgency in the Zionist quest to immigrate to Palestine and create a Jewish state. Most of the German propaganda aimed at arabs was influenced by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, but many historians dispute that he played a significant role in the Holocaust.

	The modern Middle East was primarily shaped by three factors - decolonisation as Europe just gave up on the overcomplicated region to deal with issues at home, the founding of the state of Israel with all the "FUN" that entailed, and the growing importance of this stinky slimy substance called oil. A further layer of complexity was added by the new [[Cold War]] order which saw the world's two remaining superpowers - the USA/NATO and USSR/Warsaw Pact take a keen interest in the region due to various opportunities to dick with each other and the region being the largest (then) known source of civilization-driving oil, with the U.S.A. supporting Israel's right to exist, and the Soviets supporting Palestine's ~~wish~~ to ~~drive the Jews into the sea, figuring they could finish off the Jews and have one less religion they'd have to finish off themselves if they could conquer the Middle East~~.		The modern Middle East was primarily shaped by three factors - decolonisation as Europe just gave up on the overcomplicated region to deal with issues at home, the founding of the state of Israel with all the "FUN" that entailed, and the growing importance of this stinky slimy substance called oil. A further layer of complexity was added by the new [[Cold War]] order which saw the world's two remaining superpowers - the USA/NATO and USSR/Warsaw Pact take a keen interest in the region due to various opportunities to dick with each other and the region being the largest (then) known source of civilization-driving oil, with the U.S.A. supporting Israel's right to exist, and the Soviets supporting Palestine's right to exist.

	After the end of the [[Cold War]] the region experienced some notable changes. It allowed large numbers of Jews in USSR to gtfo from Russia and Ukraine into Israel - further bolstering the Jewish state. It also cut off the easiest source of weapons and loans from USSR meant to oppose pro-western regimes and lastly opened up the prospect of cheap oil from Russia, driving down the price of black gold and reducing the west's dependence on oil from the Arab states. In 1990 the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein initiated an invasion of oil-rich arab state of Kuwait which lead to the USA having a permanent presence in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East by extension.		After the end of the [[Cold War]] the region experienced some notable changes. It allowed large numbers of Jews in USSR to gtfo from Russia and Ukraine into Israel - further bolstering the Jewish state. It also cut off the easiest source of weapons and loans from USSR meant to oppose pro-western regimes and lastly opened up the prospect of cheap oil from Russia, driving down the price of black gold and reducing the west's dependence on oil from the Arab states. In 1990 the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein initiated an invasion of oil-rich arab state of Kuwait which lead to the USA having a permanent presence in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East by extension.

	Fast forward some ten years and the greatest geopolitical fuckup since the fall of the USSR hit as USA saw the greatest attack on its soil since the bloody Revolutionary War of the 1770s when a bunch of Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked some planes and rammed them into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, killing some 3000 Americans and wounding about 25000. Suffice it to say that the US was PISSED and soon invaded the country held to harbour the hoodlums - Afghanistan. The 9/11 attacks saw the USA focus its geopolitical attention to the Middle East for the next 20-ish years as it dicked around in Iraq and Afghanistan. After the Arab Spring which saw an astounding wave of social upheavals from Morocco to Yemen (supported by CIA) - Syria also turned into a quagmire as the country found itself as a battleground between USA, resurgent Russia, Turkey, Israel and the infamous Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL.		Fast forward some ten years and the greatest geopolitical fuckup since the fall of the USSR hit as USA saw the greatest attack on its soil since the bloody Revolutionary War of the 1770s when a bunch of Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked some planes and rammed them into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, killing some 3000 Americans and wounding about 25000. Suffice it to say that the US was PISSED and soon invaded the country held to harbour the hoodlums - Afghanistan. The 9/11 attacks saw the USA focus its geopolitical attention to the Middle East for the next 20-ish years as it dicked around in Iraq and Afghanistan. After the Arab Spring which saw an astounding wave of social upheavals from Morocco to Yemen (supported by CIA) - Syria also turned into a quagmire as the country found itself as a battleground between USA, resurgent Russia, Turkey, Israel and the infamous Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL/Daech.

	As of the New 20s the situation in the Middle East seems to be returning to something resembling normality, which means a bunch of simmering conflicts between the usual suspects with a few flareups. This is mostly due to USA and Russia shifting their focus to the events going on in Eastern Europe. War zones like Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen have all settled into uneasy ceasefires as foreign forces withdrew and their allies on the ground are left to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, China has been busy investing in the countries on the eastern fringes of the region (Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Iran to a lesser degree). The Arabian peninsula has seen some fighting too as Yemen imploded and became a proxy for Saudi Arabian and Iranian dick-slapping contest. That, and recent crises in terms of food prices, trade fluctuations, and a global pandemic have made people collectively miserable. The most interesting and hopeful event in the region is the people of Iran, long grown sick of Islamic clerical rule, have en masse begun mass protests which not even the usual repression can stop, and has seen a large cultural rejection of ~~Islam~~ growing among the populace, leading to a growing population of Ex-Muslims despite the religious law of Sharia calling for the death of apostates, due to anger at the Ayatollah's regime betraying the prior revolution and not holding up the agreement to bring democracy, along with the brutal murders of protesters for ~~civili~~ rights, mainly women and girls. The region is still in flux so stay tuned for further developments.		As of the New 20s the situation in the Middle East seems to be returning to something resembling normality, which means a bunch of simmering conflicts between the usual suspects with a few flareups. This is mostly due to USA and Russia shifting their focus to the events going on in Eastern Europe. War zones like Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen have all settled into uneasy ceasefires as foreign forces withdrew and their allies on the ground are left to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, China has been busy investing in the countries on the eastern fringes of the region (Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Iran to a lesser degree). The Arabian peninsula has seen some fighting too as Yemen imploded and became a proxy for Saudi Arabian and Iranian dick-slapping contest. That, and recent crises in terms of food prices, trade fluctuations, and a global pandemic have made people collectively miserable. The most interesting and hopeful event in the region is the people of Iran, long grown sick of Islamic clerical rule, have en masse begun mass protests which not even the usual repression can stop, and has seen a large cultural rejection of Islamic Fundamentalism growing among the populace, leading to a growing population of Ex-Muslims despite the religious law of Sharia calling for the death of apostates, due to anger at the Ayatollah's regime betraying the prior revolution and not holding up the agreement to bring democracy, along with the brutal murders of protesters for civil rights, mainly women and girls. The region is still in flux so stay tuned for further developments.

	== Middle Eastern Culture ==		== Middle Eastern Culture ==

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Ottoman Period (1300 - 1918)

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	=== Ottoman Period (1300 - 1918) ===		=== Ottoman Period (1300 - 1918) ===
	The Ilkhanate hordes of Tulai were kept out of Arabia, although the Seljuks fell to them completely. But as has been established in many other articles featuring the Mongols, they weren't very good at REMAINING Mongol once they ran out of things to put arrows in; in this case they discovered Islam and for once decided that some outsider's religion was actually their kind of thing~~, probably having to do with a similar bloodthirstiness towards "the other"~~. What succeeded them was the Ottoman empire. Starting around east of Marmara, Bursa (then Prusa) Over the next 500 years the Ottomans would largely reunite all of the former Roman territories east of Cisalpine Gaul, into a massive, mostly-Islamic caliphate held together by the Turks, Greeks, and Egyptians that formed its foundation.		The Ilkhanate hordes of Tulai were kept out of Arabia, although the Seljuks fell to them completely. But as has been established in many other articles featuring the Mongols, they weren't very good at REMAINING Mongol once they ran out of things to put arrows in; in this case they discovered Islam and for once decided that some outsider's religion was actually their kind of thing. What succeeded them was the Ottoman empire. Starting around east of Marmara, Bursa (then Prusa) Over the next 500 years the Ottomans would largely reunite all of the former Roman territories east of Cisalpine Gaul, into a massive, mostly-Islamic caliphate held together by the Turks, Greeks, and Egyptians that formed its foundation.

	The power that held the Ottomans together was the [[Space Marines\|Janissaries]], a healthy dose of gunpowder and religious cunning. A Janissary was a Christian male from the Balkan areas of the Empire, forcibly conscripted in youth and forced to convert to Islam (including getting circumcised, since the conscriptees would have been mostly Orthodox), and then subjected to a rigorous military training that made them one of the most elite fighting forces of their time. They were forbidden to marry before forty, but were paid a lifetime salary. Although a brutal system, the resulting army was exceptionally professional, impartial to the empire's many tribes and territories, and utterly loyal to the Sultanate. The net effect of the Janissaries were that the individual animosities of various sects were dampened under Ottoman rule, in favor of the [[Tau\|greater greed]] of the Sultanate.		The power that held the Ottomans together was the [[Space Marines\|Janissaries]], a healthy dose of gunpowder and religious cunning. A Janissary was a Christian male from the Balkan areas of the Empire, forcibly conscripted in youth and forced to convert to Islam (including getting circumcised, since the conscriptees would have been mostly Orthodox), and then subjected to a rigorous military training that made them one of the most elite fighting forces of their time. They were forbidden to marry before forty, but were paid a lifetime salary. Although a brutal system, the resulting army was exceptionally professional, impartial to the empire's many tribes and territories, and utterly loyal to the Sultanate. The net effect of the Janissaries were that the individual animosities of various sects were dampened under Ottoman rule, in favor of the [[Tau\|greater greed]] of the Sultanate.

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1d4chan>SaltyMan: /* Middle Eastern Religion, Gods and Mythology */

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Middle Eastern Religion, Gods and Mythology

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	{{topquote\|What have the Romans ever done for us!?\|Monty Python's Life of Brian}}		{{topquote\|What have the Romans ever done for us!?\|Monty Python's Life of Brian}}

	More than any other region, the Middle East is indelibly linked to the history of monotheism. Greek and Egyptian polytheistic systems coexisted alongside Persian Zoroastrianism and the Abrahamic Hebrew and many ~~other minor sects~~. All of ~~which~~ were subjugated in the successive conquests of Alexander, and then Rome behind him.		More than any other region, the Middle East is indelibly linked to the history of monotheism, even before that the region was so chock-full of idols and gods one couldn't swing his dick without hitting something sacred. Greek and Egyptian polytheistic systems coexisted alongside Persian Zoroastrianism and the Abrahamic Hebrew and the earlier Baalim which are grim motherfuckers with too many horns and no good afterlife to offer. All of these were subjugated in the successive conquests of Alexander, and then Rome behind him.

	The Romans acted as a great plow, tilling the region and leaving all the minor tribes and faiths fertile for proselytization. And the winner of this great disruption was Abrahamism, which stomped out most of its competitors (ie, the Gnostics such as Manichaeism). Christianity rose in lockstep with opposition to Roman rule, and then Islam in turn followed it as a response to the void as the empire fell, and finally eastern orthodoxy as the Catholic church began to schism.		The Romans acted as a great plow, tilling the region and leaving all the minor tribes and faiths fertile for proselytization. And the winner of this great disruption was Abrahamism, which stomped out most of its competitors (ie, the Gnostics such as Manichaeism). Christianity rose in lockstep with opposition to Roman rule, and then Islam in turn followed it as a response to the void as the empire fell, and finally eastern orthodoxy as the Catholic church began to schism.

1d4chan>SaltyMan: /* The Crusades (1000 - 1300) */ Seljuks are not Persian, though they come pretty close

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The Crusades (1000 - 1300): Seljuks are not Persian, though they come pretty close

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	=== The Crusades (1000 - 1300) ===		=== The Crusades (1000 - 1300) ===
	In the 1000's, the Persians ~~(now rebranded~~ as ~~the Seljuks~~) started some shit with the Byzantines that ultimately ended with them sacking Constantinople. Between the eastern armies crossing the Hellespont and the blocking of pilgrimages into Jerusalem was the last straw for Christendom, and war were declared, whereupon thousands of ambitious princes, mercenaries, fugitives, and fanatics swarmed to Venice, got on boats, and proceeded to invade Jerusalem, intending to take back the Holy Land for Christendom from the Mohammedans.		In the 1000's, the Seljuks (an amalgam of earliest Turkic migrants adopting Persian culture more than Persians...even though they started as Arabs' mercenaries...look it's complicated) started some shit with the Byzantines that ultimately ended with them sacking Constantinople. Between the eastern armies crossing the Hellespont and the blocking of pilgrimages into Jerusalem was the last straw for Christendom, and war were declared, whereupon thousands of ambitious princes, mercenaries, fugitives, and fanatics swarmed to Venice, got on boats, and proceeded to invade Jerusalem, intending to take back the Holy Land for Christendom from the Mohammedans.

	Individual crusades were met with varied success; the first Crusade successfully caught the Seljuks off-guard and led to the creation of the so-called Crusader States, which lasted for about a hundred years. Then a Kurdish warlord named Saladin who broke off from the Seljuks successfully rallied the people of Egypt and Syria to reclaim Jerusalem; following this, several more crusades were waged by Europe to retake the city, none of which were successful. Several centuries of war ensued, and while the invaders from Europe won the occasional dramatic victory, they were eventually forced away.		Individual crusades were met with varied success; the first Crusade successfully caught the Seljuks off-guard and led to the creation of the so-called Crusader States, which lasted for about a hundred years. Then a Kurdish warlord named Saladin who broke off from the Seljuks successfully rallied the people of Egypt and Syria to reclaim Jerusalem; following this, several more crusades were waged by Europe to retake the city, none of which were successful. Several centuries of war ensued, and while the invaders from Europe won the occasional dramatic victory, they were eventually forced away.

	And as the stalwart defenders of Arabia stood on the coast of Palestine, watching the sun set on their retreating enemies, they suddenly heard behind them the cheers and horse hooves of a million GODDAMN MONGOLIANS. Who played everyone like chads and allied with whomever was convenient at the time until Baibars, a blonde Gigachad warrior-slave kicked them in the nuts and sent them fleeing all the way back to Mongolia.		And as the stalwart defenders of Arabia stood on the coast of Palestine, watching the sun set on their retreating enemies, they suddenly heard behind them the cheers and horse hooves of a million GODDAMN MONGOLIANS. Who played everyone like chads and allied with whomever was convenient at the time until Baibars, a blonde Gigachad warrior-slave kicked them in the nuts and sent them fleeing all the way back to Mongolia. Baibars was a kid sold as a slave by Mongol raiders, bought by Egyptians, made into a Mameluk, then Sultan, ''then'' returned to go Doomslayer on Mongols(and started an Islamic Foundation (waqf) for [[Cat\|Cats]] in Cairo). The thing is, the damage was done. Mongols had sacked Baghdad so hard the entire Islamic World had become shattered, never to gain cohesion like before.

	[[image:Constantinople-from-the-entrance-thomas-allom.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|Lots of ottomans there, also some Ottomans. ]]		[[image:Constantinople-from-the-entrance-thomas-allom.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|Lots of ottomans there, also some Ottomans. ]]

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Ottoman Period (1300 - 1918) */

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Ottoman Period (1300 - 1918)

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	=== Ottoman Period (1300 - 1918) ===		=== Ottoman Period (1300 - 1918) ===
	The Ilkhanate hordes of Tulai ~~ultimately~~ were ~~held~~ out of Arabia, although the Seljuks fell to them completely. But as has been established in many other articles featuring the Mongols, they weren't very good at REMAINING Mongol once they ran out of things to put arrows in; in this case they discovered Islam and for once decided that some outsider's religion was actually their kind of thing, probably having to do with a similar bloodthirstiness towards "the other". What succeeded them was the Ottoman empire. Starting around east of Marmara, Bursa (then Prusa) Over the next 500 years the Ottomans would largely reunite all of the former Roman territories east of Cisalpine Gaul, into a massive, mostly-Islamic caliphate held together by the Turks, Greeks, and Egyptians that formed its foundation.		The Ilkhanate hordes of Tulai were kept out of Arabia, although the Seljuks fell to them completely. But as has been established in many other articles featuring the Mongols, they weren't very good at REMAINING Mongol once they ran out of things to put arrows in; in this case they discovered Islam and for once decided that some outsider's religion was actually their kind of thing, probably having to do with a similar bloodthirstiness towards "the other". What succeeded them was the Ottoman empire. Starting around east of Marmara, Bursa (then Prusa) Over the next 500 years the Ottomans would largely reunite all of the former Roman territories east of Cisalpine Gaul, into a massive, mostly-Islamic caliphate held together by the Turks, Greeks, and Egyptians that formed its foundation.

	The power that held the Ottomans together was the [[Space Marines\|Janissaries]], a healthy dose of gunpowder and religious cunning. A Janissary was a Christian male from the Balkan areas of the Empire, forcibly conscripted in youth and forced to convert to Islam (including getting circumcised, since the conscriptees would have been mostly Orthodox), and then subjected to a rigorous military training that made them one of the most elite fighting forces of their time. They were forbidden to marry before forty, but were paid a lifetime salary. Although a brutal system, the resulting army was exceptionally professional, impartial to the empire's many tribes and territories, and utterly loyal to the Sultanate. The net effect of the Janissaries were that the individual animosities of various sects were dampened under Ottoman rule, in favor of the [[Tau\|greater greed]] of the Sultanate.		The power that held the Ottomans together was the [[Space Marines\|Janissaries]], a healthy dose of gunpowder and religious cunning. A Janissary was a Christian male from the Balkan areas of the Empire, forcibly conscripted in youth and forced to convert to Islam (including getting circumcised, since the conscriptees would have been mostly Orthodox), and then subjected to a rigorous military training that made them one of the most elite fighting forces of their time. They were forbidden to marry before forty, but were paid a lifetime salary. Although a brutal system, the resulting army was exceptionally professional, impartial to the empire's many tribes and territories, and utterly loyal to the Sultanate. The net effect of the Janissaries were that the individual animosities of various sects were dampened under Ottoman rule, in favor of the [[Tau\|greater greed]] of the Sultanate.

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Ancient History (4000 BC - 500 AD) */

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Ancient History (4000 BC - 500 AD)

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	After Alexander, the various Alexandrian successor states were dicking around with each other, not noticing the big roman-shaped shadow rising in the west. In 66–63 BC the Roman general Pompey got shit done and conquered much of the Middle East in one fell swoop. The Romans united the region into yet another giga-empire and integrated the region with most of Europe and North Africa in terms of politics and economics, not to mention the globalizing effect of free transit for imperial citizens and dependents. Even areas not directly under Rome were strongly influenced by the Empire which was the most powerful political and cultural entity for centuries.		After Alexander, the various Alexandrian successor states were dicking around with each other, not noticing the big roman-shaped shadow rising in the west. In 66–63 BC the Roman general Pompey got shit done and conquered much of the Middle East in one fell swoop. The Romans united the region into yet another giga-empire and integrated the region with most of Europe and North Africa in terms of politics and economics, not to mention the globalizing effect of free transit for imperial citizens and dependents. Even areas not directly under Rome were strongly influenced by the Empire which was the most powerful political and cultural entity for centuries.

	Though Romans brought much of their culture, law and customs to the region, the Greek culture and language continued to dominate as well, being another strong cultural factor. The region effectively became the Empire's "bread basket" as the key agricultural producer and as a somewhat of a consolation for Egyptians who survived as a culture this long - Ægyptus became by far the most wealthy Roman province and a center of learning, and would ~~remain~~ one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities until its decline in the industrial age.		Though Romans brought much of their culture, law and customs to the region, the Greek culture and language continued to dominate as well, being another strong cultural factor. The region effectively became the Empire's "bread basket" as the key agricultural producer and as a somewhat of a consolation for Egyptians who survived as a culture this long - Ægyptus became by far the most wealthy Roman province and a center of learning, and would host one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities until its decline in the industrial age.

	It's also worth mentioning that to the east of Roman Empire were also two major polities - the Parthian and the Kushan empires. The former represented a constant threat to Rome's eastern boundaries before transitioning into the Sassanid Empire due to internal strife while Kushan would do it's own thing. There is also evidence of Tang [[China]] doing trade with the region and even being aware of Rome. Lastly, starting from the 30s AD - Christianity would see a significant spread from Palestine/Judea though it would not advance much farther east than Euphrates-Tigris border in a significant manner.		It's also worth mentioning that to the east of Roman Empire were also two major polities - the Parthian and the Kushan empires. The former represented a constant threat to Rome's eastern boundaries before transitioning into the Sassanid Empire due to internal strife while Kushan would do it's own thing. There is also evidence of Tang [[China]] doing trade with the region and even being aware of Rome. Lastly, starting from the 30s AD - Christianity would see a significant spread from Palestine/Judea though it would not advance much farther east than Euphrates-Tigris border in a significant manner.