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Categories: Near East, Eurocentrism, Regions of Asia, Articles with excerpts, All articles that may contain original research

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Middle East Mideast Near East Middle East Politics Languages of the Middle East

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The area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century WordNet 3.0

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The area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. Wikipedia

The Near East is a transcontinental region around the East Mediterranean encompassing West Asia, The Balkans and North Africa, including the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, East Thrace and Egypt. The term was originally applied to the Ottoman Empire, but today has varying definitions within different academic circles. Wikipedia

A historical and political region of Afro-Eurasia Wikipedia Disambiguation

Geographical term that roughly encompasses Western Asia Wikidata

Geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran Wikidata

The region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa. OmegaWiki

The region comprising Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa. Wiktionary

Region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa. Wiktionary (translation)

The region located south of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. Wiktionary

Region in Asia. Wiktionary (translation)

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The Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

IS A

geographical area

cultural region

HAS PART

Arabian Peninsula

PART OF

Middle East and North Africa

HAS KIND

history of the Middle East

HAS INSTANCE

CONTINENT

COUNTRY

DIFFERENT FROM

GEOGRAPHY OF TOPIC

geography of the Middle East

HISTORY OF TOPIC

history of the Middle East

LOCATED IN TIME ZONE

MEMBER OF REGION DOMAIN

Arab-Israeli War

Arab-Israeli War

Operation Desert Storm

NAMED BY

Thomas Edward Gordon

ON FOCUS LIST OF WIKIMEDIA PROJECT

Վիքիպեդիա:Կարևորագույն հոդվածներ

SHARES BORDER WITH

STUDIED BY

Middle Eastern studies

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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Middle East, Mideast, Near East

Wikipedia

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Middle East, Near East

Wikidata

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Middle East, Near East

GeoNames

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Middle East

Wiktionary

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Middle East, Mideast, Near East

OmegaWiki

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Middle East

Wikipedia Redirections

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Languages of the Middle East, List of Middle Eastern countries, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Middle East, Mid-east, Mid East, Midde East, Middle-East, Middle-Eastern, Middle east, Middle East (region), Middle East countries, Middle East politics, Middle East Politics, Middle East region, Middle Eastern, Middle Eastern countries, Middle Eastern peoples, Middle Eastern politics, Middle Eastern regions, Middle Easterner, MiddleEast, MiddleEastern history, Mideast, Near-East, Near-Eastern peoples, Near east, Near East (region), Near Eastern, Nearer East, Politics of the Middle East, Proche-Orient, regions of the Middle East, the Middle East

Wikidata Alias

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Mid East, Middle East, Mideast, Near East