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.

Age of Imperialism → location → Middle East ⓘ
Beirut → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Limassol → belongsToRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Central Semitic languages → geographicDistribution → Middle East ⓘ
Sufism → geographicDistribution → Middle East ⓘ
Egyptian Armed Forces → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Department of Islamic Archaeology → regionOfActivity → Middle East ⓘ
FedEx → operatesIn → Middle East ⓘ
Ryanair → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
Greater Cairo metropolitan area → isMajorUrbanCenterOf → Middle East ⓘ
Faculty of Pharmacy → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
Amr Moussa → regionOfActivity → Middle East ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars → location → Middle East ⓘ
Tel Aviv Museum of Art → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Arab–Israeli conflict → mainRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Middle East shuttle diplomacy → tookPlaceInRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Years of Renewal → setting → Middle East ⓘ
The Looming Tower → setting → Middle East ⓘ
Tehran → subregion → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Auxiliary Territorial Service → servedInTheatres → Middle East ⓘ
Arabs → culturalRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Roman roads → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Near East
Mesopotamia → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Alexander → usageRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Israel → subregion → Middle East ⓘ
South Asia → borderedBy → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Romani language → region → Middle East ⓘ
Ulmus minor → nativeTo → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Asia
Naskh script → usedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Arabian Peninsula → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Asia
European Union crisis management operations → geographicScope → Middle East ⓘ
GMT800 → usedInRegion → Middle East ⓘ
GMT K2XX → market → Middle East ⓘ
GMT T1XX → market → Middle East ⓘ
Eisenhower Doctrine → appliesTo → Middle East ⓘ
GMC Sierra → soldIn → Middle East ⓘ
Azerbaijanis → region → Middle East ⓘ
Faculty of Law → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Law, Cairo University
Emblem of Palestine → region → Middle East ⓘ
Crisis of the Third Century → location → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Near East
Copts → indigenousTo → Middle East ⓘ
Central Asia → bordersRegion → Middle East ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews → regionOfOrigin → Middle East ⓘ
Jerusalem → locatedIn → Middle East ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches → geographicalDistribution → Middle East ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → regionServed → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → UNRegionalCommissionFor → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Asia
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs → appliesToJurisdiction → Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Near East region