Middle East

E2715
geographical region transcontinental region

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.

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All labels observed (30)

Label Occurrences
Middle East canonical 3,577
Western Asia 110
Near East 97

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 ⓘ
Middle East self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
crossedBy Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Suez Canal ⓘ
dominantLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Fertile Crescent

Persian Gulf ⓘ
surface form: Gulf region

Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Levant
historicalRegionIncludes Asia Minor ⓘ
surface form: Anatolia

Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia ⓘ
includesCountry Bahrain ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Palestine

Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3,882)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

containment → geographicFocus → Middle East ⓘ
subject surface form: Containment
Eastern Orthodox Christianity → geographicCenter → Middle East ⓘ
Point Four Program → targetRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Indo-European language family → geographicDistribution → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Asia
Terminal 4 → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
subject surface form: Terminal 4 (JFK)
International Style → geographicSpread → Middle East ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean → borders → Middle East ⓘ
1st Marine Division (United States) → theater → Middle East ⓘ
State of Palestine → region → Middle East ⓘ
State of Palestine → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Koine Greek → usedInRegion → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Near East
Arabic → usedAsLinguaFrancaIn → Middle East ⓘ
Arab world → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Roma → alsoLivesIn → Middle East ⓘ
book "Years of Upheaval" → setting → Middle East ⓘ
subject surface form: Years of Upheaval
French Revolutionary Wars → location → Middle East ⓘ
Department of Islamic Art → coversRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Turkey → region → Middle East ⓘ
Turkey → UNRegion → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
International Organization for Migration → hasRegionalOffices → Middle East ⓘ
Asia → containsSubregion → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Asia → containsSubregion → Middle East ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic → region → Middle East ⓘ
Temple Mount → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Hebrews → region → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Near East
Mediterranean Theater of Operations → location → Middle East ⓘ
Judea → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Near East
ONR Global → operatesIn → Middle East ⓘ
Middle East → continentLocation → Middle East self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Wuling → exportMarket → Middle East ⓘ
Stellantis → operatesInRegion → Middle East ⓘ
World War I → location → Middle East ⓘ
Dubai → partOf → Middle East ⓘ
PayPal → supportsRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → dominantIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Arab Spring → mainRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Technical Cooperation Administration → operatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Iran → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Iran → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Persian Gulf → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Persian language → region → Middle East ⓘ
Cairo → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Faculty of Medicine → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Faculty of Economics and Political Science → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
Institute of Environmental Studies and Research → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
Egyptian pound → region → Middle East ⓘ
Arab League → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
Second Battle of Fallujah → theater → Middle East ⓘ
Chevrolet → areaServed → Middle East ⓘ
Sephardi Jews → dispersedTo → Middle East ⓘ