Middle East geopolitics explained simply || The Middle East explained in a nutshell

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This video gives the average person looking to understand more about what is going on in the Middle East a high level overview of the current geopolitical situation in that region and what led up to it. TOPICS COVERED IN THIS VIDEO: What is the middle east? Where is the middle east? - 0:03 Why the Middle East is always in the news - 0:41 Who lives in the middle east? - 1:05 What are the reasons for the conflicts in the middle east? - 1:26 Division of the middle east after World War I - 1:55 The spread of Wahhabism in the Middle East - 2:41 The Israel vs Palestine conflict explained simply - 3:21 Saudi Arabia and Iran regional rivalry explained simply - 5:40 American foreign policy in the Middle East explained simply - 6:38 1979 Iranian revolution explained simply - 11:07 Iran – Iraq War (1980 – 1988) explained simply - 12:03 Soviet – Afghan War (1979 – 1989) explained simply - 12:26 Gulf War (1990 – 1991) explained simply - 13:11 9/11 and the US invasion of Afghanistan (2001) explain

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