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[[File:Middle east.jpg|thumb|Political map of the Middle East]]

[[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]].

The '''Middle East''', or West Asia and Egypt, 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]]

* [[Bahrain]]

* [[Iran]]

* [[Iran]]

* [[Iraq]]

* [[Iraq]]

* [[Saudi Arabia]]

* [[Saudi Arabia]]

* [[Syria]]

* [[Syria]]

* [[United Arab Emirates]]

* [[United Arab Emirates]]

* [[Yemen]]

* [[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.

Sometimes, people also include countries in North Africa and in South-central Asia as part of a [[Greater Middle East]].

[[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]].

[[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]].

Today, the Middle East is very important because much of the [[petroleum]] that other countries use comes from here. There are also many arguments and wars, such as the conflict between [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam|Shia]], the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]], and the [[Syrian civil war]].

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