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Lesson 1The Middle Eastern Bazaar All about the Middle East Definition: a term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of southwest Asia and northeast Africa lying west of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The area was viewed as midway between Europe and East Asia. Its often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East Countries included (traditional): Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the countries of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahra