middle east

Noun

• the 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
  • the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Middle East , Mideast , Near East