How did the Middle East go from being craddle of civilization to this?

Sykes–Picot Agreement.
Also the Jooz REE

>>2153279
the spread of islam beginning in the 6th century

Ottomans and Anglos.

>>2153283
>implying the Middle East was a shithole since then

>>2153279
>Brotherhood of Islam
Always nose in the way of progression
That and dictators using religion as means to control people.
And most people their are emotionally attached to their belief system, so, yeah.
Also Israel, why the fuck did they have to come and fuck things up.

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They abandoned shariah law and flirted with secularism and socialism.

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>>2153299

>>2153299
Sikh burn

>>2153299
nah the downfall of islamic nations was caused by religious zealots.

>>2153299
that photo looks more like a Sikh to me

16 years of Bush and Obama

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The inbreeding set up by Islam literally fucked them stupid

>>2153284
and mongols

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>>2153419
Islam worked for a time under the Abbasids, whom were much more open-minded and acceptive towards their non-Arab subjects, unlike the previous expansive Umayyads. Which in turn led to the so called Golden age of Islam.
The problem is that it lasted for about a century before the entire thing collapsed and there were constant infighting and powerstruggle between different emirates and dynasties popping up all over the place cause they didn't have the same firm grip the Umads had.

And after losing control to the point that the Abbasids ruled pretty much over only Baghdad the Turks came around and took over the entire thing while keeping them as a puppet to claim the title of "Head of Islam".

>>2153279
Being the cradle of human population ends up causing its own problems.

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>>2153279
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SECVGN4Bsgg

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>>2153279
>thinks humanity was ever civil

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>>2153279
lol sup?

>>2153521
Can you stop posting that picture? He is really creeping me out.
>>2153283
This. After the fall of the Sassanids the Middle East never experienced a strong and stabile autonomy again.

>>2153551

share more of your wisdom

>>2153279
The Resource Paradox

More natural resources = less incentives for good government

>>2153672
The Sassanids and Byzantines were constantly fighting you nerd. The region was hardly stable, even then. In fact, under the Rashiduns and Umayyads would be only truly united and autonomous its been since Alexander.

>>2153282
Tbh basically this

Different groups have ways fought each other in the middle east but only after arbitrary states were created by the french and brits did it really go to shit