The importance of the Middle East and the USA's imperialist plans for the region lie behind the US imperialist attack. This kind of aggression has been experienced by the peoples of the Middle East throughout their history. The riches of the region's natural resources have been exciting the greed of imperialism for a long time, and made it a target of imperialist attacks for centuries. The Middle East, one of the oldest sites of civilisation in the world, have been a homeland for different peoples for centuries and became a centre for many nationalities and religions. When Islam arose in this area and spread, various wars for supremacy were fought out under the veil of religion.
Wars are a factor which have particularly influenced the peoples who live in the Middle East.
Later Islamic tribes settled in the area in order to beat off the attacks by Byzantium. However, the Christians who once lived in the region and who had been driven from their homeland, settled in the mountainous regions of Lebanon. The Crusades resulted in various religious groups migrating. Then the Middle East was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. Ottoman rule lasted a long time.