The correct answer is the South. There were huge plantations in the south of things such as cotton or tobacco and it had slaves so the plantations could keep growing and the owners could keep getting wealthier and this meant the states were getting wealthier.
Religion and the pilgrimage to there holy place meka.
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The departure of the European powers from direct control of the region, the establishment of Israel, and the increasing importance of the petroleum industry, marked the creation of the modern Middle East.
