Everybody chose sides, during the Cold War. Egypt and Syria were Soviet allies, while Turkey, Israel, and Iran were US allies (this was, of course, before the revolution in which Iran became an anti-American theocracy). When Russia invaded Afghanistan, the US aided the mujaheddin.
Nationalism did play an important role in the cold war. There are certain individuals who offered to work as spies for their countries.
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It provided democracies and communist countries with an opportunity to indirectly fight one another :) -Apex-
Atomic weapons played a major role in fear, but were never actually used in the Cold War. There were multiple instances in which the Soviet Union and United States threatened each other with atomic weapons, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, but overall no Atomic weapons were ever used on enemy countries which is how the Cold War stayed cold.
They killed many families and took their children. The women were rapped and the men were shot( manly in the head) They took cold showers to wash away the fear and to make them seem stronger.
they dont have much of a role, they belong in the kitchen
Religion played a very negative role in the middle east. It was the main source of conflicts since Christians and Muslims despised each other.
It has half of the oil supply of the world.
The River Nile, The Tigris-Euphrates river basin, and the River Jordan all play roles in the hydro-politics of the Middle East. Water politics play an important role in the desert region.
If Middle East Politics were the title of a play, religious and ethnic tensions would play the lead.
Oil was one of the incentives to invade the Middle East. With this, came terrorism on our own soil.
France and Great Britain took control of much of the Middle East.
They were the first group in the middle east to practice monotheism (or at least monolatry, which is an early form of monotheism).
France and Great Britain took control of much of the Middle East.
Nationalism did play an important role in the cold war. There are certain individuals who offered to work as spies for their countries.
Israel and America are allies.
The Middle East sits at the crossroads between Europe, Africa, and Asia, making it necessary for nearly all land-based trade to pass through the Middle East. This led to the Middle East taking a lead role in international trade.