The same can be said for the entire world for the last 5,000 years. Although most od the world has settled down to historic lows in the recent past, there are multiple external powers that keep destabilizing the Middle East whenever it seems like the cycle might end there.
Pakistan literally wasn’t a thing before that. Muslim vs. Hindu is older, I suppose, although some might pick a bone about if the Mughals count as “ancient”.
There is really no connection between Ur and like, Saddam or Otzma Yedhudit. It’s had just as much history and as many eras as the next region (actually more).
Lather, rinse, repeat for 5,000 years.
The same can be said for the entire world for the last 5,000 years. Although most od the world has settled down to historic lows in the recent past, there are multiple external powers that keep destabilizing the Middle East whenever it seems like the cycle might end there.
Carlin used to joke about the India / Pakistan conflict. “Ancient hatreds with modern weapons!”
Not ancient at all. The empire divided up India in 1947.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
Pakistan literally wasn’t a thing before that. Muslim vs. Hindu is older, I suppose, although some might pick a bone about if the Mughals count as “ancient”.
There is really no connection between Ur and like, Saddam or Otzma Yedhudit. It’s had just as much history and as many eras as the next region (actually more).
Zionism was invented in 1897.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism_as_settler_colonialism