The Middle East has become an important economic and political center since ancient times for humanity. The Middle East, which hosted the birth and development of many civilizations, has never lost its importance in the historical process, for it is located on trade routes linking east and west and hosts major rivers such as the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869 and has facilitated trade. The main thing that makes the Middle East important today is the oil that was discovered in the late 1800s.

1. The Middle East. 2. Energy. 3. Petrodollars.