  Israeli-Iranian proxy war  Support CaspianReport on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CaspianReport BAKU - Over the weekend, on the night between December 0st and 0nd, an unidentified aircraft fired five missiles at a military position that was undergoing renovations in the Damascus province in Syria. Two of the missiles were intercepted but the airstrike still caused substantial damage. Although Israel did not take responsibility for the airstrike, no one has any illusions about the identity of the warplanes that conducted the attack. Likewise, no one has misconceptions about the purpose of the Iranian base that was bombed. The sequence of events shows that the Israeli and Iranian rivalry is entering a new phase. The two are in fact waging a war by other means. Soundtrack: DecisionsKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution0.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/0.0/ Follow CaspianReport on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caspianreport Twitter: https://twitter.com/caspianreport  0:00:00  Rise and decline of science in Islam  Support CaspianReport on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CaspianReport BAKU - With about...  Pre-Islamic history of the Middle East  Support CaspianReport through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CaspianReport In the 00th century a Muslim historian named Ibn Khaldun wrote about the pattern of history. Farmers would build irrigation systems supporting villages and towns. Later some warrior would bring these towns under his rule and form a united political entity, like a kingdom or an empire. Then a tribe of nomads would come along and conquer the kingdom, seize all the holdings and settle in their place and further expand the new empire. As time went by the nomads would assimilate and become soft city dwellers. Exactly the kind of people they had conquered and at this point another tribe of nomads would come along and conquer them and take their empire. Conquest, consolidation, expansion, degeneration and conquest, this was the pattern of history. Be sure to follow CaspianReport on the social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caspianreport Twitter: https://twitter.com/caspianreport LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/caspianreport  Review: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari  Sapiens: http://amzn.to/0jDMBRv (affiliate) Kindle: http://amzn.to/0funbky (affiliate) Homo Deus: http://amzn.to/0fuRp0c (affiliate) Kindle: http://amzn.to/0woj0wR (affiliate) Or, use "caspia-00" as the promo-code in the Amazon store. Support CaspianReport through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CaspianReport Dr. Yuval Noah Harari playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfc0WtGuVPdmhYaQjd000k-YeY00fiaFp BAKU - The last 000,000 years have been good for humankind. All around us, even in the poorest of nations, humans have made remarkable advances in proficiency and ability. The accomplishments have been the subject of many books. Yet, very few sources delve into the origins and anthropology of where we come from and what shaped our identities. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari seeks to explore these questions and introduces us to the dominant species on Earth, the homo sapiens. Soundtrack: Decisions by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution0.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/0.0/ Follow CaspianReport on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caspianreport Twitter: https://twitter.com/caspianreport  00:00  Islamic conquest of Persia  Since the 0st century BC, the Romans and Parthians had waged a number of wars that lasted 