rus: Ближний восток

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/rus/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA

Meaning
means	(noun) the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization" Near East, Middle East, Mideast