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A 3 page paper. The question was what happened prior to 1948 in the Middle East that has an impact on today's world. Oil was first discovered in 1908 in Iran; it was later discovered in other countries in that region. The writer reports the conflicts involving the Middle East since that time and places oil as part of the reason for these conflicts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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East and the rest of the world. It was oil that would give the region more power and influence in the world. By 1911, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) had
set up shop, producing the oil (Country Studies, 2006). The real activity began in the 1930s, after the War and during a time when Arab states were weak and the
rulers were only able to rule with the help of the British (Country Studies, 2006). Subsequently, oil was discovered in Bahrain in 1933 and in Saudi Arabia in 1938 (Country
Studies, 2006). Both these later discoveries were made by Standard Oil Company of California (Country Studies, 2006). The surge in activity in the 1930s was the result of the United
Kingdom and the United States competing to establish oil concessions in the region (Country Studies, 2006). The discoveries did not benefit the rulers of these countries until around the 1950s
due to World War II (Country Studies, 2006). It also took time to find oil in commercial quantities (Country Studies, 2006). By the 1960s, most of the rulers of oil-rich
countries were starting to become very wealthy, not the country, just the rulers (Country Studies, 2006). They gained that wealth even with foreign companies owning and managing the oil industry
(Country Studies, 2006). Also, by the 1970s, most of the countries in that region had become independent of British control (Country Studies, 2006). By the 1990s, many of the oil
enterprises had become state-owned enterprises (Country Studies, 2006). Oil was a political issue since the time it was discovered (Demirmen, 2003). The British took steps to protect their initial interests
in the industry and other countries, primarily, the United States, sent explorers to find other sources (Demirmen, 2003). There were even secret agreements signed by Britain, France, Russia and Iraq
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