Sunday, 4 October 2009

Who Owns The Middle East?

We hear a lot about who owns the "Holy Land" .... with current claimants, the Jews and the Arabs, making claim and counter claim, but as this animated map shows, many cultures could say that they were the owners ........ click play to see 5,000 yrs of history unfold.


Update: It seems I can't run .swf files from another site anymore. Sorry. But I have linked image to file and it still works OK.

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 October 2009 at 13:03

    Great graphics ......

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  2. Clay Willis1 December 2009 at 18:02

    For a different perspective take a look at this: http://www.claywillis.com/Who%20Owns%20The%20Middle%20East.htm

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  3. No PC15 December 2009 at 14:24

    Well Clay, I am not sure that many Muslims would pay much heed to what the Bible, or Torah says about whom owns what.

    Also considering that they resent giving up the tiny portion of the lands they consider to be 'Muslim' in perpetuity to the land of Israel, I really can't see them giving up the rest of Saudi Arabia as well.

    Still, you can live in hope.

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