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nounthe 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
Similar:
Parts of mideast
- "lebanon"
- "levant"
- "persia"
- "republic of iraq"
- "republic of turkey"
- "saudi arabia"
- "sion"
- "state of israel"
- "state of kuwait"
- "syria"
- "syrian arab republic"
- "turkey"
- "united arab republic"
- "yisrael"
- "al-iraq"
- "zion"
- "arab republic of egypt"
- "egypt"
- "fertile crescent"
- "hashemite kingdom of jordan"
- "irak"
- "iran"
- "iraq"
- "islamic republic of iran"
- "israel"
- "jordan"
- "kingdom of saudi arabia"
- "koweit"
- "kuwait"
- "lebanese republic"