Traditionally included within the Middle East are Arabia, Asia Minor, East Thrace, Egypt, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and the Socotra Archipelago. The region includes 17 UN -recognized countries and one British Overseas Territory .

The majority of the region is often referred to as the Middle East, although it geographically excludes the mainland of Egypt (which is culturally considered a Middle Eastern country). West Asia is politically divided into 18 states: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain ...

2018年8月2日 · The Middle East is an intercontinental area centered on Egypt, Turkey, and Western Asia. It is on three continents with Asia being the primary. It extends for about 1,000 miles from the Iran Mountains to the Mediterranean …

5 天之前 · The Middle East consists of 17 countries, including Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, as well as several dependent territories. Most of the countries in the Middle East are part of the Arab world.

2 天之前 · Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond. Learn more about the history of …

Map of the Middle East between Africa, Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia. The map shows Southwestern Asia and the Middle East, Africa's Red Sea coast, the Arabian Peninsula, the eastern Mediterranean Sea, countries in the Middle East with international borders, the national capitals, and major cities.

2024年6月21日 · The Middle East is located in both Asia and Europe. It is a transcontinental region, spanning across southwestern Asia and part of southeastern Europe. Geographically, it is situated in Southwest Asia, but it also includes some countries that are considered part of Europe.

2020年10月3日 · These countries are located primarily in Western Asia, Egypt is in North Africa, and a part of Turkey lies in Southeast Europe. Sometimes, the definition of Middle East is extended to include the concept of the "Greater Middle East" that includes Afghanistan, the Comoros, Djibouti, Maghreb, Pakistan, Sudan, and Somalia.

2023年11月24日 · The Middle East is, very generally speaking, an arid region in Southwest Asia and part of North Africa stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, bounded by the Black and Caspian Seas in the north and the Sahara Desert and Indian Ocean in the south.

To complicate matters further, territories which have at times been categorized as “Middle East” have also attracted other designations: Near East, western Asia, eastern Mediterranean, the Arab world, and so on.