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Near East: see Middle East Middle East, term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of SW Asia and NE Africa lying W of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Thus defined it includes Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, ..... Click the link for more information. . Middle Eastor Mideast or Near EastGeographic region where Europe, Africa, and Asia meet. It is an unofficial and imprecise term that now generally encompasses the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea—notably Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria—as well as Iran, Iraq, and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. Afghanistan, Libya, Turkey, and The Sudan are sometimes also included. The term was formerly used by Western geographers and historians to describe the region from the Persian Gulf to Southeast Asia; Near East is sometimes used to describe the same area. Near East 1. another term for the Middle East 2. (formerly) the Balkan States and the area of the Ottoman Empire |
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Corcoran was named president and CEO of American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), succeeding Peter Gubser, who led the organization for 15 years. In fact, analyses of goats' mitochondrial DNA have shown that these animals evolved through five distinct maternal lines that spread from the Near East and central Asia across Europe. Better bets are the two Near East Whole Grain Blends that bring sodium levels into the less-outrageous mid-500s. |
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