Identify 5 major historical and political currents that have lead to the emergence of the contemporary middle east and describe in general impact of currents on land, culture, and people and culture of your region. In your description you have to identify and analyze different key colonial and post colonial moments that have contributed to producing new geopolitical reality and a new system of knowledge in region in order to reconstruct and the region on geographical and cultural levels and identify the various tools used by colonizer and national elites to transformed the cultural identity and generate new identities on region. Support your analysis with real example from region including Levant and gulf to support analysis
Imperialism
Colonization
Ethnicity
Globalization
Invented Traditions
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