The Middle East is a historical and cultural subregion of Africa-Eurasia traditionally held to be countries or regions in Southwest Asia together with Egypt . In other contexts, the region can include other parts of North Africa and/or Central Asia .
Characteristics
In the
Western world , the Middle East is generally thought of as a predominantly
Islamic Arabic community defined by frequent
war . However the area encompasses many distinct
cultural and
ethnic group s, including the
Arabs ,
Armenians ,
Assyrians ,
Azeris ,
Berbers ,
Chaldean s,
Druze ,
Greeks ,
Jew s,
Kurd s,
Maronites ,
Persians and
Turks . The main language groups include:
Arabic ,
Armenian ,
Assyrian (also known as
Aramaic and
Syriac ),
Hebrew ,
Persian ,
Kurdish and
Turkish . The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is
Middle-Easterner .
Most Western definition s of the "Middle East" — in both established reference book s and common usage — define the region as 'nations in Southwest Asia , from Iran (Persia) to Egypt '. Egypt, with its Sinai Peninsula in Asia , is often considered part of the 'Middle East', although most of the country lies geographically in North Africa . North African nations without Asian links, such as Libya , Tunisia and Morocco , are increasingly being called North African — as opposed to Middle Eastern (Iran (Persia) to Egypt-Asia) — by international media outlets.
One widely used definition of "Middle East" is that of the airline industry, maintained by the IATA standards organization. This definition — as of early 2006 — includes Bahrain , Egypt , Iran (Persia), Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Palestinian Territory , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Syrian Arab Republic , United Arab Emirates , and Yemen . * This definition is used in world-wide airfare and tax calculation s for passenger s and cargo .
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