Middle East
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middle-east-169-10741302
title:
Middle East
text:
The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East beginning in the early 20th century. The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion over its changing definitions, and being seen as too Eurocentric. The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of West Asia, but without the South Caucasus, and
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Geopolitical region
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
date created:
2001-10-04T20:24:16Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T13:23:54Z
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