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> It is sad that in modern times it never managed to gain at least some basic stability, It is not just about modern times: It was fought over by: * Akkadia
by jbandela1 3y ago
> It is sad that in modern times it never managed to gain at least some basic stability,
It is not just about modern times:
It was fought over by:
* Akkadians
* Hittites
* Egyptians
* Assyrians
* Babylonians
* Achmenid Persians
* Greeks
* Macedonians
* Seleucids
* Ptolemies
* Romans
* Parthians
* Sassanian Persians
* Byzantines
* Arabs
* Seljuk Turks
* Crusaders
* Mongols
* Ottoman Turks
* Safavid Persians
* French
* British
* Americans
(And I am sure I am leaving out many others)
For a long time, this part of the word has been the battleground between Empires. It stands at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The instability is not just a modern phenomenon
- empath-nirvana 3y agoWell, you're looking at 4000 year time scale. There were large periods of time throughout where there was stability over wide parts of it over the scale of decades or even centuries.