middle_east.n.01

'middle_east.n.01'

[middle_east.n.01] as in: the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century

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the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization