In my opinion, modern issues started when the Ottoman Empire lost control over a great part of the Islamic world, so this decentralization allowed to many communities to grow in a certain way, some turned radical while others maintained the same. If I understand correctly though, some people also didn't like the European intervention that started to happen during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Future governments of many countries in the Middle East didn't have absolute control over all the territories, so naturally the radicalism just had to grow. And eventually, of course, American investment during the late 20th century allowed some people to get money and weapons.
My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first.
