How is this even possible

It wasn't underdeveloped back then. Sandniggers gotta destroy everything they create. See ISIS.

israel developed from the ground up from nothing. it might have something to do with religion

To say the Saudia Arabia or Qatar are underdeveloped is laughable. If you honestly believe this you know absolutely nothing about the middle east.

In regards to their extremist ideologies that's a different manner. But they're certainly doing pretty well for themselves.

>look up the Jeddah tower

they lived in relative (forced) peace under the ottoman empire, this is their 30 years war basically

>To say the Saudia Arabia or Qatar are underdeveloped is laughable.
they are, they have no industry or education systems
without oil money and western backing those countries are basically africa

This
Any other answer is "Dark Ages" tier

They do have an education system actually, they're literacy rates are nearly at 100%. And around 20,000 Saudi students went to college in the U.S in 2010/11.

That's true what you say about the oil money, but that just proves my point.

Have you ever actually looked into their curriculum? Their schools are abysmal and the overwhelming majority of the population have no real skills. They have to import all of their labor both skilled and unskilled that's why Aramco has basically a massive American colony by their oil pumps.

They're obviously not the best systems, but again, to say their underdeveloped is just not true. Yes you will have nomads in that parts of the world, but you have those people in China as well.

The middle east isn't just a desert wasteland with mud huts all over the place, this is a /pol/ level stereotype.

>Europe is exactly the same until 20 years ago
>Still more developed than anywhere else in Eurasia
Makes perfect sense

I replied to myself before you responded.

>Education System
>kids come out with no skills
>this describes most education systems in the world.

Also, they have a system to start with.

>Coastal China is developed
>Therefore China is developed
What the fuck kind of argument is that? China is by and large an undeveloped shithole.

When I was there I couldn't even stand outside for more than an hour without feeling light headed

It's a surprise they can do ANYTHING

What the hell is your definition of underdeveloped? Any country that isn't completely westernized?

You know the yuan is a reserve currency now? I guess that shithold underdeveloped country is doing pretty well for itself

You don't need to be a fedora tipping atheist to see that there's a problem with Islam

Shithole*

Well let's break this down
>buildings are in shambles, even the new ones
>interior has little to no development whatsoever
>drinking water isn't clean, even in the developed areas

>You know the yuan is a reserve currency now?
So monetary worth is developed?

Even the fucking World Bank still considers China to be a developing country. Again, just because Coastal China is developed, that doesn't mean that China is developed.

But you're wrong. When their king encourages competent students to go abroad for technical training you know their school system is a joke.

The Saudi educational system is considered world wide to be one of the worst.