A lot of people don't know much of the history of the region at all...
I agree, it is complex I did watch the documentary on this and posted the link here.
We need to study or be able to ask questions and teachers need to be not afraid to discuss the topic.
I agree there, IIRC we have the middle east region to thank for things such as writing, but they also created many things that appear to be way ahead of their time.;
I am sure we found a fragment of some sort of calculation device.
They also accepted the |Earth goes round the sun, and that appears to be centuries before the world of Christianity caught up, which for some is very recent something like the 1990 when the some how accepted that as the truth, probably reluctantly
I wonder what archaeological history is still hidden the region esp Iran and Iraq.
@zleap The Middle East has a fascinating history. Like the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, gathering knowledge and part of the Translation movement that preserved Greek knowledge at a time my British ancestors were in a pretty dark period...The university system in Europe, and later the Renaissance, would have never arisen without that...