titusville. in pennsylvania. the allegheny mountains were actually the middle east of the world. it exported most of the oil. the first oil exploration in the east was actually begun late in the 19, in the 1800s, and there was a company which had obtained an exploration license from the original shah of iran. and in 1908 they struck oil and that was the first oil that was discovered commercially, which means they were able to drill down for it and does really. they didn't carry it out on donkeys, but they actually transported it commercially, distribution, and that company took on the name anglo persian. anglo persian oil company. now, there was, this oil was in the middle east, and the middle east at that time was generally controlled by the turks, the ottoman empire. and there was the term, the six man of your. many of you have heard the term the six man of europe. this was applied to the ottoman empire because the ottoman empire was so weakened from foreign wars, from internal debauchery, from corruption, not unlike some countries we know today, that it was expected throughout

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