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Transcontinental region around the East Mediterranean
- The Near East is a transcontinental region around the East Mediterranean encompassing parts of West Asia, the Balkans, and North Africa; it also includes the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, East Thrace and Egypt.
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The Near East is a transcontinental region around the East Mediterranean encompassing parts of West Asia, the Balkans, and North Africa; it also includes the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, East Thrace and Egypt.
- David George Hogarth
- 1902
- Early Mesopotamian & Egyptian Periods
- Early Dynastic Period
- First Empire & Sumerian Revival
- Babylon & Hittites
- Assyrians, Persians, & Alexander The Great
- Conclusion
The term Near East, though widely used, is by no means universally accepted by modern-day scholarship as some writers still consider Middle East more accurate. Scholar Marc van die Mieroop comments: The region’s long history and varied civilizations also present problems in creating a clear narrative of events which is all-inclusive and so most sch...
During the Early Dynastic Period in Mesopotamia (2900-2334 BCE), kingship was established as society moved away from the concept of the ruler as priest-king (established during the Uruk Period) to a division of responsibility between a king and a high priest. The king would now concern himself with military matters and civic duties while the high p...
Each Mesopotamian city-state was its own political and military entity until the rise of Sargon of Akkad (the Great, r. 2334-2279 BCE) who unified the region under the Akkadian Empire. Sargon established the first multi-national political entity in the world and held it through careful placement of trusted officials in important positions in the va...
The Sumerians fell to incursions of Elamites and Amorites and the latter established themselves, notably, at Babylon. Under Hammurabi, (r. 1792-1750 BCE), Babylon became the center of the great Babylonian Empire which controlled roughly the same region once held by Sargon of Akkad. After Hammurabi’s death, his empire fell apart and was taken by the...
The Assyrians under Adad Nirari I (r. c. 1307-1275 BCE) ended Hittite control in the region and established the city of Ashur in prominence, from which the Assyrian Empire steadily spread. The Assyrian Empire was the largest in the world up to that time, conquering territories from northern Syria through modern-day Turkey and across through Jordan,...
After Alexander’s death in 323 BCE, his generals fought each other for control of the empire and Seleucus I Nicator (r. 305-281 BCE) took Mesopotamia and established the Hellenic Seleucid Empire (312-63 BCE). The Seleucids combined Hellenic and Persian customs, expanding the empire toward the east until their power began to decline owing to a combi...
- Joshua J. Mark
What do you call the region that encompasses southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa: the Middle East or the Near East? Middle East essentially supplanted Near East in the early 20th century, although the two are now used interchangeably among English speakers.
- Cydney Grannan
Aug 1, 2017 · The Near East is the geographical region corresponding to western Asia. In modern times, the term is used interchangeably with the more common "Middle East". Sometimes, the Middle East and the Near East may include the same or different territories due to lack of a standard definition.
- Joyce Chepkemoi
Oct 4, 2024 · Near East, usually the lands around the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, including northeastern Africa, southwestern Asia, and, occasionally, the Balkan Peninsula. The term Near East was used by the first modern Western geographers to refer to the nearer part of the Orient, a region roughly.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 3, 2021 · Some believe that the Near East constitutes the countries of Western Asia, including Turkey, the Fertile Crescent (modern day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip), the Arabian Peninsula, and Iran. Others consider Egypt to be part of the Near East as well.
What does the noun Near East mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun Near East . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
