The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion.

The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.

While the established ruling systems in the Middle East seem to be coming to an end, the spurious brand of democracy practiced in the West is also running out of steam. Maybe it is time for the East and West to come up with a new and common system that addresses the challenges of the new century.

The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West.

England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.