What do you think is the area with the most wars in the world?

According to historical records, the Middle East is the region with the most wars in the world.

Fundamentally speaking, it is because there are a large number of artificial countries in the Middle East.

Throughout the Middle East, there are very few countries with real historical origins. Iran is the transition of ancient Persia, and Turkey is the transition of Ottoman Empire. The dispute between the two countries is relatively small.

Most other countries were established at the beginning of the twentieth century. Their boundaries are not divided according to geography and nationality, so there are great hidden dangers when they are divided.

If we speculate, the sovereign state that demarcated the border at that time probably didn't want the region to be stable for a long time, but just wanted it to be chaotic so that they could reach in. This truth is just like when the Soviet Union divided the borders of Central Asian countries, it never completely divided a nation into a country, but always mixed it together. To put it bluntly, it is to prevent independence.

Let's talk about Iraq. Iraq is a Shiite-dominated country, but since the colonial era, this country has been ruled by Sunnis. This is a typical way to appoint local ethnic minorities to be in power by snack colonization. Colonizing with snacks usually requires appointing a few people to power. This is because the colonial countries do not have enough manpower to manage the colonized countries, but take the majority of the colonized countries to govern. How can we ensure that most people don't give and take in private, start a revolution and drive the colonists out? Appoint ethnic minorities, who are weak at the beginning of the country's establishment, and often rely on colonial countries to grasp political power, which is more trustworthy than most ethnic groups. Generally, such colonies will have strong racial contradictions after independence. There is a considerable contradiction between Sunny and Shia. Looking further down, there is also a large Kurdish settlement in Iraq. In an artificial country, no race is in absolute superiority for a long time, and there is no stable relationship between races, which will often lead to racial division in the end. The country is inevitably at war. Inside Iraq, Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds are at loggerheads.

On the contrary, the Iranian side is relatively peaceful.

Similarly, the reason why Syria is fighting so fiercely is because the long-term ruler of Syria is Alawite, a local minority. This is still a legacy of colonialism.

Not to mention the eternal pain in the hearts of Arabs like Israel.

Therefore, many countries in the Middle East are doomed to serious internal disputes from the beginning of border demarcation.

Then the cold war. Both sides want to influence the region, so they make different moves and support different factions. After the end of the cold war, the struggle between religious factions rose rapidly by using oil revenue.

Therefore, it is normal that there are many contradictions within and between countries in the Middle East.