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Several key events shaped the modern Middle East, such as the 1967 Six-Day War, [5] the 1973 OPEC oil embargo in response to US support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War, [5] [6] and the rise of Salafism/Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia that led to rise of Islamism. [7] Additionally, the Iranian Revolution contributed to a significant Islamic revival. [8]
The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse of Syria has led to calls for the region to be divided according to ...
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Middle East Countries (2018) Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, North Cyprus *, Oman, Palestine *, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria (DFNS), Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen *Not a UN member This is a list of modern conflicts ensuing in the geographic ...
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East (also subtitled Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914–1922) is a 1989 history book written by Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction finalist David Fromkin, which describes the events leading to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and the drastic changes that took place in ...
Language and change in the Arab Middle East: the evolution of modern political discourse Studies in Middle Eastern history. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 978-0-19-504140-8. Hourani, Albert (1983). Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798–1939. Rev., with a new preface. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press. x, 406 p. ISBN 0-521-27423 ...
Rank Country (or dependent territory) 2020 projection [1] % of pop. Average relative annual growth (%) [2] Average absolute annual growth [3]Estimated doubling time (years) [4] Official
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