Petroleum is common around the Persian Gulf. Aside from that, the Middle East has few natural resources.
Saudi Arabia is .
Oil is the natural resource that played the largest role in the economies
there was the first Persian war then the second Persian war then the war that we are in today.
The Persian War.
natural resources
"Natural resources" was a strategic objective for the whole war. The Midway battle was simply a part of the that war. A "tactical" portion of the bigger picture.
Which particular war? The Persian what?
Persian War 499-449 BCE. Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE.
Japan lacked many Natural Resources.
loss of natural resources.
An empire is an empire, a war is a war.