Originally Posted by crockett

You missed the point, being they were at one time more advanced than the countries whom latter went on to "run things". Had they advanced past religious rule like the west did, then it's a pretty good chance that the Middle East could have been as strong or maybe even stronger than the west is today.

The simple fact is their populations were kept dumbed down which made them easier to rule. Had their populations been aloud to break free of their religious chains they would have most likely been much more advanced today.

This should be a warning to what can happen even to this country if politicians are aloud to dumb down our populace by pushing religious agendas as which is so popular with the right wing today.