At the end of the play, they feel that Macbeth is weak and will be easily defeated, but at the beginning they thought he was too ferocious of a fighter. ... At the end of the play, they feel that Macbeth is a murderous tyrant, but at the beginning they thought he was a brave and good man
Mostly because our modern civilizations were born there. "The region saw the development of some of the earliest human civilizations,
which flourished thanks to the water supplies and agricultural
resources available in the Fertile Crescent. Technological advances made
in the region include the development of writing, glass, the wheel, agriculture, and the use of irrigation." ~Wikipedia
One result of the Chinese not modernizing was they lost the "Sino - Japanese"