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The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Anatolia (modern Turkey), Mesopotamia ( Iraq and eastern Syria), and the Iranian Plateau ( Iran). An alternative non-Eurocentric designation in recent years has been ' Southwest Asia', although this term has yet to achieve widespread use. Egypt, although part of the African continent, is generally considered to be part of the Near East region. Its inclusion is due to the substantial interactions it had with other Near Eastern states in the ancient and medieval worlds.

The alternative term Middle EastThe Middle East is a geographical and cultural area comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Middle East is a subregion of Afr is not used by Near Eastern archaeologists and historians due to its vague nature.

Ancient Near EastThe term Ancient Near East or Ancient Orient encompasses the early civilizations predating Classical Antiquity in the region roughly corresponding to that described by the modern term Middle East ( Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, Anatolia), during the time r, Far EastFar East is a term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. Russian Far East, and the western Pacific Ocean region. See also Near East, Orient., OrientThe term the Orient literally refers simply to the rising of the sun, being derived from the Latin word oriens''. It is used to mean "the East". Similar terms are the French-derived " Levant" and " Anatolia" from the Greek anatole two further locutions fo

Middle EastThe Middle East is a geographical and cultural area comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Middle East is a subregion of Afr

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