Oil.
Oil and pearls
Natural gas,minerals.petroleum
oil and natural gas
Iron ore and coal
Oil is abundant in the middle east Water is scarce in the middle east
The natural resources are already in the ground because of the convenient fact that the Carboniferous Middle East was hearty swampland. No human did anything to put the resources there.
The primary resource that the Middle East offers is PETROLEUM, but the Middle East has other natural resources, like certain crops (olives and citrus), natural gas, and some metals.
Because in the Middle East, especially around the Persian Gulf, it is very cheap to extract the oil, which means less cost and higher income. Furthermore, the Middle East lacks many natural resources and must use their abundance of oil to get other resources that they need to improve their standard of living.
oil
The most valuable resources in the middle east, are Water and Oil.
It depends on what you mean by "important".In terms of export value, the following are the most important resources of the Middle East:Oil/PetroleumGoldDiamondsEmeraldsNatural GasIn terms of sustaining the lives of Middle Easterners:Water/RainFirm soil