Near East
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near-east-179-13978475
title:
Near East
text:
The Near East is a transcontinental region around the East Mediterranean encompassing parts of West Asia, the Balkans, and North Africa; it also includes the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, East Thrace and Egypt. The term was invented by modern Western geographers and was originally applied to the Ottoman Empire, but today has varying definitions within different academic circles. The term Near East was used in conjunction with the Middle East and the Far East, together known
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Geographical term that roughly encompasses West Asia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East
date created:
2003-04-22T14:07:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T02:21:27Z
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13
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