Near East
Middle East
Near Eastern region
The Near East refers to a geographical region generally encompassing the western part of Asia, including countries such as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and parts of Egypt. Historically significant as the cradle of several ancient civilizations including Mesopotamia, it has been a cultural and political crossroads for millennia.
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- Anatolia
- Arabia
- Arabian Peninsula
- Asia
- Azerbaijan
- East Africa
- East Asia
- Eastern
- Euphrates
- Far East
- Indo-Pacific
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kurds
- Kuwait
- Mediterranean region
- Mesopotamia
- Mesopotamian Period
- Middle East
- Palestine
- Persia
- Persian Gulf
- Region
- Regions
- Saudi
- Southeast Asia
- Syria
- Tigris
- Turkey (Asian part)
- West
- West Asia
- Western Asia