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In conclusion, in the beginning of 13 century, the Middle East were dominated by non-Arabic Dynasties .Nevertheless ,The Ottoman Empire and Mongol Empire can be considered as the most important non-Arab empire in term of impacts. In fact, they influenced the Arab speaking land in several domain, such as economy, politics, religion and society and the consequence were mostly

This essay will explore the rise of the West through examination of the evolution of European civilization. The theories and works of numerous authors, regarding how and why the Great Divergence occurred, will be considered; mainly the role of government, technological development and culture. Ultimately, it will be clear that the struggle for power in Europe led to a shift in the culture of Europe, which eventually led to the rulers that were vying for power making decisions that benefited their subjects rather than the government or church. Thus, the Great Divergence can be linked to the contrasting ideologies of the West and those of

The year 1500 was a major turning point in history. Before 1500, other world powers played a major role in the shaping of world events and Europe played a limited role. These “Gunpowder Empires” applied a great amount of power in the world culturally, economically, and technologically. In Paul Kennedy’s article, “The Rise of the West”, it is shown how Europe came to power after 1500. Europe’s rise to power was greatly affected by the world powers that reigned prior to 1800.

2). What we know about India and Southeast Asia is largely derived from histories, discoveries and categories created by Western imperialists and then used to explain

The East, the land of cotton, fine silks, and rich coffee, was the land of three of the most powerful empires to ever grace the surface of the earth. The Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman Empires were known as the gunpowder empires, and they were feared throughout Europe because of their horsemanship, their power, and their armies. They dominated the stage for centuries, but, as with all things, history moves on. It stops for no man, and all goods things eventually come to an end. So it was with the powers of the East. As Europe prospered from exploration and improved though revolution, the Middle East suffered from poor weather, internal dissent, and a currency crisis that sucked the rulers in like quicksand. And so it was that the epicenter of the world shifted; Europe took the title of midpoint between East and West (Lecture, 09.09.).

This direct linkage between modernization and westernization is, in fact, historically inaccurate. The history of technology development has actually indicated that the ideology or culture doesn’t really influence the modernization. When adopting modernisation, countries, including Saudi Arabia, Israel, doesn’t necessarily need to change its own culture. While most Muslim-majority countries are still undeveloped countries, the driving force is not their culture, but instead the clash of civilization itself. The fault line wars characterised by Huntington in fact have majorly taken place in the Middle East, including the war on terror and the Arab–Israeli War. This clash of civilisation characterised by fault line wars, in fact, leads to the chaos and poverty there. The appearance of this pre-modern image of those Muslim Countries is not the justification for the westernisation but the result of the clash of civilizations. Therefore, the inverted causality is inaccurate, and shall be corrected, as the clash of civilization can, in fact, hardly help those

In the course of approximately four hundred years, Western European colonists and prominent historical figures were particularly known for exploiting and devastating distant cultures and civilizations around the world. This included groups ranging from the Aboriginals and the Aztecs in the remote “New World”, to groups in East Asia such as the Chinese and the Mughals. However, historians today debate whether or not these prevailing and prospering Western European nations were as successful at influencing the cultures of nearer empires such as the Ottoman Empire. It is questionable as to whether or not the Ottoman Empire should be compared to other cultures devastated through their interactions with the West, largely due to the Ottomans’

From this technology came a boom of intelligence, progress and reform within Europe beginning the Renaissance which would eventually make Europe more progressed than the once dominate Middle East. From this sudden overshadowing of the Middle East by Europe, the Middle East as a whole started to stagnate in their ways and try to preserve their culture to prevent themselves from becoming like the “barbaric” Europeans who had invaded them throughout nearly 200 years. This reactionary conservatism has resulted in an overall distrust of Europe and “The West” due to the massacres and destruction they had caused, as well as indirectly causing the modern extremist Islamic terrorist groups forming through the Middle

The fact that the European influence was largely reflected upon world’s culture and economy is indubitably true. Such an impact, that has been deeply rooted inside the world for past several decades, acknowledged part of its people to notice its clear interference that has been covertly embedded over time within world’s evolution. Blaut reveals the secret of the phenomenon also known as “Eurocentrism”¹ in his article. Blaut proposes that “Eurocentrism is quite simply the colonizer’s model of the world.”². This statement beholds the dominant evidences behind inequal history between Europeans and the non-Europeans that will correspond and clarify colonial events.

communication made possible the rise of the West as a powerful, self-conscious region of the

Europe before 1492 was partly occupied by Arabs in regions like Spain and Portugal for about 800 years. Undoubtedly, centuries of Arab presence left a legacy for Europe. Hegel acknowledges these as he states “ Arabs became zealous in promoting the arts and spreading them everywhere…Large cities arose in all parts of the empire, where commerce and manufactures flourished, splendid palaces were built, and schools created,” ( 359). Hegel's acknowledgment of the Arabs’ contribution is a way to deviate from impartiality he shows to Europe. Although he dismisses Islam because of a fanaticism developed throughout the religion (358). Hegel’s dismissal of Islam is important because it allows him to forward his claim about Europe’s supremacy. However, his argument creates an enormous flaw in that it praises Arabians for creating the Europe and Germany which Hegel is praising 300 years later. The word created and zealous to the quote since they establish qualities and projects not executed by the Arabians. Therefore, if Arab buildings, knowledge, and culture were a prerequisite to Europe’s flourishing under the Renaissance, then is Europe as great as Hegel states? Hegel’s inferior vision of the Arabs weakens his claim since it evidently demonstrates how Europe’s world power could not exist without the contributions of an “ inferior,” civilization.Similarly, George Strayer in his book “ Ways of the World,” discusses European technological borrowing after the Middle Ages. He states “ from that East Asian civilization, Europeans learned about the compass, papermaking, gunpowder, nautical technology, iron casting, a public postal service…Together these processes generated a significant tradition of technological innovation that allowed Europe by 1500 to catch up with, and in some areas perhaps to surpass, China and the Islamic world (22-23). The process “

Knowledge shall be sought throughout the world so as to strengthen the foundation of imperial rule.

European colonialism changed the Middle East in the 1800’s and 1900’s which laid the groundwork for the Modern Middle East. The countries in the fertile crescent would most likely have merged into one large country without european intervention. Different rulers would have taken power in many Middle Eastern countries if France or England hadn’t appointed rulers to some countries at different times. The Europeans modernized Middle Eastern countries during their occupations of the countries. Without the European colonialism, the Middle East would have turned out different economically, culturally, and politically.

Many of the problems in the Middle East today are a direct result of actions undertaken in the region 's colonial past. I will argue that both imperialist ineptitude, deliberate meddling and outright deceit by colonial powers have sown seeds of distrust that linger in the Middle East today towards the West. I will claim that artificial boundaries, government structures and societal schisms created in colonial times have entrenched animosities and created internal structural instabilities in the area that are still being resolved. The imposition of Israel into Palestine, I will argue, remains an unresolved product of colonial rule. I will discuss how the discovery of oil and the regions importance as a trade route caused the World Powers to remain engaged in the area and oppressive in their demeanour. Finally I will argue that perhaps the greatest ongoing legacy of colonialism in the Middle east is an imperialist attitude by the west which continues to this day.

Middle East considers one of the most studied areas in the world due to its rich history of politics, social, economic, and its culture and civilization. Its borders are still arguable geographically, generally in the west it starts from morocco until Iran in the east, however, many scholars don’t agree on including Turkey either as a Middle Eastern or as a European country (Milton-Edwards, 2006. P: 4). The origin of the name was invented by the colonies as a necessity to describe the place geographically, which was the era of bringing “Middle East” the language of academic writings and political scientists. Changes, innovations, and new ideologies create gaps between the transformations of any perspectives to a different