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The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and ______.
The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and ______.
Iraq
The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early ______ century.
The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early ______ century.
20th
The term 'Middle East' has led to some confusion over its changing definitions, and being seen as too ______.
The term 'Middle East' has led to some confusion over its changing definitions, and being seen as too ______.
Eurocentric
The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of West Asia, but without the South Caucasus, and additionally includes all of ______ (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just the part barring East Thrace).
The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of West Asia, but without the South Caucasus, and additionally includes all of ______ (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just the part barring East Thrace).
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Most Middle Eastern countries (13 out of 18) are part of the ______ world.
Most Middle Eastern countries (13 out of 18) are part of the ______ world.
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