I think you're ignoring the period when Spain was under control of the mideastern/african umayyads, the British-Afghan wars of the 1800s, the tale of Esther & Mordecai, and of course the crusades.
It's not true at all to say 1979 was the start of the historic conflict of Europe and the mideast/persia
Maybe between Jews, but even that is disputable.
I'm not saying this to sow division but just looking on a map and the language families
Judeo-Christian origins are the countries around the East mediterranean, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Rome.
The languages, the ideas of democracy, the tales of Moses & Christ.
To the East looking at a map you will see Saudi Arabia/Iran/Afghans while they have their conflicts, the east zone of that area is historically where Persia was.
It's not true at all to say 1979 was the start of the historic conflict of Europe and the mideast/persia
Maybe between Jews, but even that is disputable.
I'm not saying this to sow division but just looking on a map and the language families
Judeo-Christian origins are the countries around the East mediterranean, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Rome.
The languages, the ideas of democracy, the tales of Moses & Christ.
To the East looking at a map you will see Saudi Arabia/Iran/Afghans while they have their conflicts, the east zone of that area is historically where Persia was.