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Near East
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Geographical term that roughly encompasses West Asia
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The Near East (Arabic: ุงู„ุดุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฃุฏู†ู‰) is a transcontinental region around the Eastern Mediterranean encompassing the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, Egypt, the Balkans, Mesopotamia, and coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The term was invented in the 20th century by modern Western geographers and was originally applied to...

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