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May 26, 1908: Mideast Oil Discovered — There Will Be Blood

Posted May 26, 2011 1:30 PM

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A British company strikes oil in Persia (now Iran). It's the first big petroleum find in the Middle East, and it sets off a wave of exploration, extraction and exploitation that will change the region's -- and the world's -- history.

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05/26/2011 9:25 PM

Actually, exploitation and blood has been flowing in that region long before oil ever has!
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05/27/2011 5:23 AM

A few thousand years at least.
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