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West Asia
- Middle EastIn September 1902, a United States naval strategist named Alfred Thayer Mahan published an article titled "The Persian Gulf and International Relations" in…
- Arab worldThe term Arab world refers to a geocultural region spanning West Asia and North Africa. It comprises 22 member states of the Arab League, though some…
- MesopotamiaThe Tigris and Euphrates rivers rise in the Armenian highlands, flowing southward to empty into the Persian Gulf. Their waters fed a semi-arid landscape that…
- LevantThe word Levant appears in English texts from 1497. It originally meant the East or Mediterranean lands east of Italy. This term derives from the French word…
- South CaucasusThe South Caucasus stretches from the Black Sea in the west to the Caspian Sea coast of Iran in the east. This region spans the southern portion of the…
- Indian OceanThe Indian Ocean is the youngest of Earth's five major oceans, having opened behind the closing Tethys Ocean between 135 and 84 million years ago.
- AbkhaziaBetween the 9th and 6th centuries BC, the territory of modern Abkhazia formed part of the ancient Kingdom of Colchis. Around the 6th century BC, Greek…
- Caucasus MountainsThe Caucasus Mountains formed largely as the result of a tectonic plate collision between the Arabian plate moving northwards with respect to the Eurasian…
- AnatoliaThe westernmost protrusion of Asia extends into the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west. The Turkish Straits mark the northwestern…