In the intro to his Histories Herodotus notes the enmity of the people on the east side of the Aegean toward those on the west side of the Aegean - a one sided enmity that wasn’t mutual like that of the fabled Hatfields and McCoys - next Herodotus ponders what begen the enmity, considering it may have been the Trojan War, whose pretext was Paris’ ill-mannered dating of Helen of Troy, a basis of war the people on the east side of the Aegean couldn’t comprehend - thus the Trojan War was unjustified in their eyes - however it began, Herodotus remarks that the enmity had been around forever - (and it may have been this fact that prompted Herodotus to write on this theme to gain best seller status forever - for what’s been around forever will probably continue to stay a while) - and so, perhaps the Persian Empire folded into Islam, where the cultural enmity - as a cultural precept - was codified as scripture - toward those on the west of the Aegean, and the greek civilization folded into Christianity, and thus the Persian Wars Herodotus wrote about are still here today - and perhaps this frame of meaning could prove useful - but it presupposes the West is still on the playing field - if the West has walked off the playng field...
No doubt about it, 4th century religious fanatics trying to take on the 21st century press.