Middle East

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The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and parts of North Africa, known for its strategic location, vast energy resources, and profound historical and cultural significance.


Statements (75)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
transcontinental region
borderedBy Arabian Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
climateIncludes Mediterranean climate
arid climate
semi-arid climate
containsResource natural gas
petroleum
continentLocation Africa
Western Asia
crossedBy Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
Strait of Hormuz
Suez Canal
dominantLanguage Arabic
Persian
Turkish
dominantLanguageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages
Indo-European languages
hasCharacteristic cultural significance
historical significance
strategic location
vast energy resources
hasMajorCity Baghdad
Beirut
Cairo
Damascus
Doha
Dubai
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Riyadh
Tehran
hasSubregion Arabian Peninsula
Eastern Mediterranean
Fertile Crescent
Gulf region
Levant
historicalRegionIncludes Anatolia
Arabian Peninsula
Levant
Mesopotamia
includesCountry Bahrain
Cyprus
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
isOftenAssociatedWith Arab world
Islamic world
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
Judaism
partiallyLocatedIn North Africa
strategicFor energy supply
global trade routes
timeZoneRange UTC+2 to UTC+4
wasCenterOf Islamic Golden Age
ancient civilizations

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi ("Western Asia")
Al Anbar Governorate
Alexandria University
Amman
Amman ("West Asia")
Anatolia ("Western Asia")
Arab world ("Western Asia")
Arabian Desert ("Western Asia")
Arabian Desert
Arabian Peninsula ("Western Asia")
Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula ("Southwest Asia")
Arabian Plate
Arab–Byzantine wars ("Near East")
Armenian Highlands ("Western Asia")
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ("Western Asia")
Baghdad
Baghdad ("Western Asia")
Baghdad Tower
Bahrain
Beirut
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beit Hanoun ("Western Asia")
Beit Hanoun
Bethlehem
Btourram
Byblos
Cairo
Colony of Aden
Damascus
Damascus ("Western Asia")
Damascus Gate
Dead Sea
Dead Sea shore
Diyala River
Doha
Downtown Dubai
Dubai Airshow
Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai Internet City
East Jerusalem
Eastern Province
Egyptian Armed Forces
Egyptian military administration
Euphrates ("Western Asia")
Federation of South Arabia
Galilee
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
Golan Heights ("Western Asia")
Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art
Heliopolis Presidential Palace
Holy Land ("Western Asia")
Iran
Iran ("Western Asia")
Iranian plateau ("Western Asia")
Isthmus of Suez
Jerusalem
Jordan Rift Valley
Jordan River
Judea ("Ancient Near East")
Khabur River (Tigris tributary)
Khalifa Bin Salman Port
Khalifa Port ("Gulf region")
Khorasan
Kingdom of Kurdistan
Kurdistan
Kuwait
Kür ("Western Asia")
Lesser Zab
Mesopotamia ("Western Asia")
Middle East theatre of World War II
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Moab Mountains
Mount Lebanon
Mount Nebo
Muscat
Muscat ("Western Asia")
Nabataean kingdom ("Near East")
Northern Arabia ("Western Asia")
Northern Iraq
Northern Iraq ("Western Asia")
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ottoman Palestine
Ottoman Palestine ("Western Asia")
Palestinian territories
Palestinian territories ("Western Asia")
Parliament House, Cairo
Parthian Empire ("Western Asia")
Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
Peninsula Shield Force
Peninsula Shield Force ("Western Asia")
Persian Gulf ("Western Asia")
Persian Gulf states ("Western Asia")
Persian Gulf states
Petra
Pontic–Caspian steppe ("Western Asia")
Port Said
Prime Minister of Israel
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
Razihi Arabic
Roman roads ("the Near East")
Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 ("Near East")
Sanaʽa ("Western Asia")
Sharjah
Shatt al-Arab ("Southwestern Asia")
South Caucasus ("Western Asia")
Southern Arabia ("Western Asia")
Southern Arabia
Southern Iraq ("Western Asia")
Southern Iraq
State of Palestine ("Western Asia")
Strait of Hormuz
Suez
Syrian Civil War
Syrian Desert ("Western Asia")
Syrian Desert
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Temple Mount
The Farthest Mosque
Tigris ("Western Asia")
Tigris–Euphrates river system
Tihamah
Tihamah coastal plain
Umm Al Quwain ("Western Asia")
United Arab Emirates
Unknown Soldier Memorial, Cairo
Victoria College, Alexandria
West Bank
West Bank ("Western Asia")
Western Georgia ("Western Asia")
Western Iran
Western Iran ("Western Asia")
locatedIn
ABB
Abbott Laboratories
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
Arab League Broadcasting Union
Arab Organization for Industrialization
Arabtec
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
BESIX
Carter Center
Chiquita Brands International
Columbia Global Centers
Conflict Resolution Program
Costa Coffee
Crunchyroll
Cubic Transportation Systems
Democracy Program
Dow Chemical Company
Egyptian General Intelligence Service
FedEx
Ford Foundation
Gehry Partners, LLP
Goethe-Institut
Habitat for Humanity International
J. Walter Thompson
Lancôme
Maybelline New York
Merlin Entertainments
Mobil
NATO missions
NCR Corporation
Naval Group
ONR Global
Otis
Peres Center for Peace
QatarEnergy
RCS Sport
Rossiya Airlines
Secret Intelligence Service
Sotheby’s
Starbucks
Stellantis N.V.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Thornton Tomasetti
U.S. Central Command
Venerable Order of St John
WeWork
operatesIn
CAF
Cadillac STS
Cadillac XT5
Fiat Ducato
Ford F-Series
GMT K2XX
GMT T1XX
Holden Monaro
MG Motor
Peugeot
Ram
Ram Trucks
Saab 9-4X
Toyota Hilux
market
Abu Dhabi International Airport
Al Rayyan
Dahab
Euphrátēs ("Western Asia")
Faculty of Arts, Cairo University
Gulf of Suez
Kut
Kuwait City
Main Building (Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
Minya
Rafah
Sohag
locatedInRegion
Age of Imperialism
Constantinian civil war ("Near East")
Crisis of the Third Century ("Near East")
French Revolutionary Wars
Iran–Iraq War
Iraq campaign (1941)
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Mediterranean theatre of World War I
Napoleonic Wars
Operation Desert Shield
Six-Day War
World War I
location
Arabian camel
Beta vulgaris ("Western Asia")
Cervus elaphus ("Western Asia")
Cupressus sempervirens ("Western Asia")
Glaucium ("Western Asia")
Ovis orientalis
Papaver rhoeas ("Western Asia")
Spinacia oleracea ("Western Asia")
Testudo graeca ("Southwest Asia")
Ulmus minor ("western Asia")
Zelkova ("Western Asia")
greater flamingo ("Southwest Asia")
nativeTo
Bloomberg Television
Disney Junior
Eurosport
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Sky News
TLC
Vatican Radio
broadcastArea
Ancylostoma duodenale
Central Semitic languages
Indo-European language family ("West Asia")
Qadiri
Southwestern Turkic ("Western Asia")
Sufism
Tamaricaceae
geographicDistribution
Belt and Road Initiative
Central Powers
European Union crisis management operations
Indo-Iranian languages ("West Asia")
Islamic medicine
Ottoman architecture
Rishonim
geographicScope
GE ("Western Asia")
Gunpowder Empires
Islamic world
Middle East combat operations
SYP
Semitic languages
World Travel Awards
hasRegion
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ("Near East region")
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Office of Assistance Coordination ("Near East region")
Roman emperors ("Near East")
UN regional commissions ("Western Asia")
United Nations missions in the Middle East
appliesToJurisdiction
Chevrolet
Compagnie Générale d’Electricité
Cubic Corporation
Emaar Properties
Fox Networks Group
Samsung Engineering
areaServed
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
PSA Group
Polish II Corps
Roman army ("Near East")
Technical Cooperation Administration
Willis Re
operatedIn
Dominate ("Near East")
Persian Corridor
Persian Corridor ("Southwest Asia")
Seleucid Empire ("Near East")
founding of the Republic of Turkey
historicalRegion
Cebuano people
Kashmiris
Sinhalese people
Tamil people
diaspora
Apollo Global Management
Black & Veatch
Infosys
KKR
hasOfficeIn
Al-Ramadi
Amarah
Amarah ("Western Asia")
Hama
locatedInSubregion
Arab Spring
Arab–Israeli conflict
Islamic Golden Age
Syriac Orthodox Church
mainRegion
Camel
Chevrolet Colorado platform
Chevrolet Lumina Coupé
Winston (cigarette)
marketedIn
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force ("Southwest Asia")
USEUCOM ("Middle East (portions, e.g., Israel)")
areaOfResponsibility
Arab nationalism
City of a Thousand Minarets
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite
associatedWithRegion
BYD Auto
SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile
Wuling
exportMarket
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
Middle East and West Asia Division
Middle East and West Asia Division ("West Asia")
focusesOn
Etihad Airways
SriLankan Airlines
Tunisair
focusRegion
Allfunds Bank
Arabic literature
Christian missionary movements
hasGeographicScope
Arab Winter
Pax Mongolica
Radical Reformation
hasMainRegion
Eurofighter GmbH
KKW Beauty
Winston
marketRegion
Aquila fasciata
Capra hircus ("Southwest Asia")
Capra hircus
nativeRange
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines ("Southwest Asia")
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
notableTheater
Gaza Strip ("Western Asia")
Kuwait ("Western Asia")
Turkey ("Western Asia")
UNRegion
Eisenhower Doctrine
Sykes–Picot Agreement
appliesTo
Disney+
MTV Live
availableIn
Dammam
Fashn
belongsTo
Athenian drachma ("Near East")
Dirham
circulatedIn
British India Steam Navigation Company
Mediterranean trade routes ("Near East")
connected
Auckland Airport
Perth Airport
connectsTo
Asia ("Western Asia")
Asia
containsSubregion
Ethiopian Airlines
Nordwind Airlines
continentServed
Ahmanson Building collection
Department of Islamic Art
coversGeographicRegion
Hellenistic art ("Near East")
Islamic philosophy
developedIn
Islamic art
Islamic mathematics
developedInRegion
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Forsskaolea
distribution
Eighth Army
Eighth Army
formedIn
Al-Awja
Al-Awja ("West Asia")
hasCoordinateRegion
Black Death
Late Bronze Age ("Near East")
hasLocation
Chopard
Victoria’s Secret
hasRetailPresenceIn
Middle East and North Africa
Old World
hasSubregion
Greater Middle East
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
includesRegion
Gabriel
Sara
isCommonInRegion
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs ("Near East region")
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
jurisdiction
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
mainSubject
No. 2 Squadron RAF
Royal Australian Regiment
notableTheatre
Alitalia
TAR
operatedRegion
Treaty of Sèvres
affectedTerritory
4.2 kiloyear event ("Near East")
affects
Roma
alsoLivesIn
Cadillac
alsoMarketsIn
Idumaean ("Near East")
ancientPeopleOf
SAU ("Western Asia")
appliesToSubregion
SAU
appliesToUNRegion
Turkic languages
areSpokenIn
Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment
basedInRegion
Limassol
belongsToRegion
South Asia ("Western Asia")
borderedBy
Hindu Kush
borderRegionOf
Eastern Mediterranean
borders
Central Asia
bordersRegion
World Snooker Tour
broadcastsIn
Khaldoon Al Mubarak
businessRegion
Mustafa
commonInRegion
North Yemen Civil War
conflictIn
Indian Ocean trade network
connectedRegion
Silk Road routes
connects
Muscat International Airport
connectsToRegion
Eurasia
contains
Longines Global Champions Tour
continent
Middle East ("Western Asia")
continentLocation
The Arabian Nights
countryOfOrigin
Syriana
countryOfSetting
Arabsat-6A
coverageArea
Stephen Kinzer
coveredTopic
Department of Islamic Art
coversRegion
Arabs
culturalRegion
Microsoft Azure
dataCenterLocation
Punjabi people
diasporaCommunityIn
Romani
diasporaRegion
Sephardi Jews
dispersedTo
Fuze Tea
distributedIn
Bollywood cinema
distributionRegion
Ottoman Empire ("Western Asia")
dominantIn
Bangladeshi
ethnicGroupIn
Hallyu
expandedTo
Zierer
exportedTo
SAIC Motor
exportsTo
Roshen
exportTo
Afro-Eurasian desert belt
extendsAcross
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
extendsThrough
Around the World in 80 Days
featuresLocation
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
fieldOfficePresence
Neolithic Revolution ("Southwest Asia")
firstOccurredInRegion
2022 FIFA World Cup
firstWorldCupInRegion
Expo 2020
firstWorldExpoInRegion
United States foreign policy
focusArea
The Real Terror Network
focusesOnRegion
XXX Corps
formationPlace
British Eighth Army
formedAt
2nd New Zealand Division ("Middle East (wartime base)")
garrison
Eastern Catholic Churches
geographicalDistribution
Armenian Catholic Church
geographicalPresence
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
geographicCenter
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
geographicCoverage
Containment
geographicFocus
Professional Products Division
geographicReach
Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941)
geographicRegion
International Style
geographicSpread
Ruqʿah
geographicUse
Carter Doctrine
geopoliticalFocus
WAFF
geopoliticalScope
Middle Eastern American
hasAncestralOriginRegion
Samsung C&T
hasAreaServed
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco ("West Asia")
hasCollectionFrom
Hellenistic religion ("Near East")
hasCulturalContext
Ilocano people
hasDiaspora
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
hasDiasporaCommunity
Petroliam Nasional Berhad
hasExplorationActivitiesIn
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
hasFaithfulIn
Eastern Christianity
hasGeographicCenter
Sephardic music
hasGeographicDistribution
Eastern Question
hasGeographicFocus
Boston Scientific
hasGlobalOperationsIn
Richemont
hasGlobalPresenceIn
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
hasHierarchyIn
São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
hasInternationalRoutesTo
Milan Malpensa Airport
hasLongHaulFlightsTo
Late Antiquity ("Near East")
hasMajorRegion
Indo-Pacific region
hasPart
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
hasPerformanceRegion
Syriac Rite
hasPrimaryRegion
International Organization for Migration
hasRegionalOffices
Middle East Energy Initiative
hasRegionFocus
Montblanc
hasRetailBoutiquesIn
Maxus
hasSalesRegion
Homeland
hasSetting
RYA
hasUnderlyingRegionOfOperation
Ahmed
hasUsageRegion
Erik van Egeraat
hasWorkScope
Dilip Hiro
hasWrittenAbout
Arabian Sea
historicallyLinkedRegions
Jewish Americans
historicalMigration
Asiatic lion
historicalRange
EPTA
implementedIn
Copts
indigenousTo
Nile tilapia
introducedTo
Tabuk Region
isInRegion
Greater Cairo metropolitan area
isMajorUrbanCenterOf
Atatürk Dam
isOneOfLargestDamsIn
DAL
issuerServesRegion
Hussein
isUsedIn
Australian 9th Division
laterDeployedTo
Crater
locatedInGeographicRegion
Salfit
locatedInGeopoliticalRegion
Hawalli
locatedInTimeZoneRegion
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
majorOperationsRegion
Ford S550 platform
marketAvailability
Syrian American ("Middle Eastern")
mayIdentifyAs
Oghuz
migratedTo
Aquila nipalensis
nonBreedingRange
Texaco ("Middle Eastern countries")
operatedInCountry
British India Steam Navigation Company
operatedInRegion
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ("Western Asia")
UNRegionalCommissionFor

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