Near East

The Near East is a large area of land in the eastern hemisphere. Countries of the eastern Mediterranean are part of the Near East. The name of the Near East comes from its position to the east of Europe and to the west of the Middle East and the Far East.^[1][2]

The Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, and Egypt are all regions that are part of the Near East.^[3] In the past, the Balkan Peninsula, south-west Asia, and northern Africa were part of the Near East as well.^[2]

The Near East is also a name for Middle East which archaeologists, geographers and historians use.

1. ↑ Everett-Heath, John (2020). "Near East, The". Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780191905636.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-190563-6.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Middle East, n.". Oxford English Dictionary Online (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2018 [2003].
3. ↑ Howatson, M. C., ed. (2011). "Near East". The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-954854-5.