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[[File:Middle east.jpg|thumb|Political map of the Middle East]]
The '''Middle East''' is an area of land and group of countries in [[Southwest Asia]] and [[North Africa]]. Today, people usually call these countries "Middle Eastern" since they are in the Eastern [[Mediterranean]] or west of [[Central Asia]].
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* [[Bahrain]]
* [[Iran]]
* [[Iraq]]
* [[Israel]]
* [[Jordan]]
* [[Kuwait]]
* [[Lebanon]]
* [[Oman]]
* [[Palestine]]
* [[Qatar]]
* [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Syria]]
* [[United Arab Emirates]]
* [[Yemen]]
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Sometimes, people also include these countries as part of a [[Greater Middle East]]: [[Algeria]], [[Morocco]] and [[Tunisia]] in North Africa, the [[Pakistan]] and the countries [[Afghanistan]] and [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]] in South-central Asia.
[[Ancient history|Ancient]] [[civilization]]s began in the [[Fertile Crescent]] in the Middle East. These were [[Sumer]], [[Babylonia]] and [[Assyria]] in the area called [[Mesopotamia]], and [[Ancient Egypt]]. The three [[Abrahamic religion]]s that believe in [[Monotheism|one God]] also came from the Middle East. [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] began in ancient Israel and [[Islam]] began in [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]].
Today, the Middle East is very important because a lot of the [[petroleum]] that other countries need comes from here. There are also many arguments and [[Combat|fights]] here, such as the [[Sunni]]-[[Shia]] conflict, the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] and the [[Syrian civil war]].
== Related pages ==
{{commons|Middle East}}
* [[Central Asia]]
* [[East Asia]]
* [[South Asia]]
* [[Southeast Asia]]
{{Middle East}}
{{geo-stub}}
[[Category:Middle East| ]]
The '''Middle East''' is an area of land and group of countries in [[Southwest Asia]] and [[North Africa]]. Today, people usually call these countries "Middle Eastern" since they are in the Eastern [[Mediterranean]] or west of [[Central Asia]].
{{div col|cols=3|width=60%}}
* [[Bahrain]]
* [[Iran]]
* [[Iraq]]
* [[Israel]]
* [[Jordan]]
* [[Kuwait]]
* [[Lebanon]]
* [[Oman]]
* [[Palestine]]
* [[Qatar]]
* [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Syria]]
* [[United Arab Emirates]]
* [[Yemen]]
{{div col end}}
Sometimes, people also include these countries as part of a [[Greater Middle East]]: [[Algeria]], [[Morocco]] and [[Tunisia]] in North Africa, the [[Pakistan]] and the countries [[Afghanistan]] and [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]] in South-central Asia.
[[Ancient history|Ancient]] [[civilization]]s began in the [[Fertile Crescent]] in the Middle East. These were [[Sumer]], [[Babylonia]] and [[Assyria]] in the area called [[Mesopotamia]], and [[Ancient Egypt]]. The three [[Abrahamic religion]]s that believe in [[Monotheism|one God]] also came from the Middle East. [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] began in ancient Israel and [[Islam]] began in [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]].
Today, the Middle East is very important because a lot of the [[petroleum]] that other countries need comes from here. There are also many arguments and [[Combat|fights]] here, such as the [[Sunni]]-[[Shia]] conflict, the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] and the [[Syrian civil war]].
== Related pages ==
{{commons|Middle East}}
* [[Central Asia]]
* [[East Asia]]
* [[South Asia]]
* [[Southeast Asia]]
{{Middle East}}
{{geo-stub}}
[[Category:Middle East| ]]