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The term Near East was coined in the 19th century when Westerners divided the “Orient” into three parts: the Near East, the Middle East, and the Far East. The Near East included the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans; the Middle East ranged between the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia; and the Far East encompassed Asian countries facing the Pacific Ocean. However, in the early 20th century (as Europe geared up for World War II), the term Middle East began to be used by the British military to refer to both regions and it soon became the dominant term. (Though for all intents and purposes, both Middle East and Near East refer to the same region when used today.)

Today, the Middle East is considered the region spanning from Morocco (Northern Africa) to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran (Western Asia). (The acronym MENA—Middle East and North Africa—may also be used.) While Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria seem like geographical outliers, their similar sentiment, religion, and policies have led them to be considered part of the region. Other countries, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan (in South Asia), are often lumped in with the Middle East because of current events, although they may not technically belong.

Both Near and Middle East are Eurocentric terms—it is Western English-speaking historians who named the region on the basis of its position relative to Europe. With recent trends to de-Westernize core education, the term Middle East seems a bit old-fashioned, but it's the best we have for now.

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Annotated Arabian Nights
by Paulo Lemos Horta (editor), translated by Yasmine Seale
from W. W. Norton and Co.
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in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
$38.25
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age: 1798-1939
by Albert Hourani
2007 Printing from Cambridge University
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Atlas of the Islamic World
by Francis Robinson
from Facts On File
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Behold Your Queen
by Gladys Malvern
from Special Edition Books
for 6th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$14.95
Behold Your Queen
by Gladys Malvern
from Purple House Press
for 6th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$12.99
Bring Your Eyes and See
International Adventures
by Steve Goode, Mary Goode
from YWAM Publishing
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$12.00
Darius, Artaxerxes, and Ahasuerus in the Bible
by James B. Jordan
from Athanasius Press
for 9th-Adult
in Bible Commentaries (Location: XBI-COMM)
$7.61
Exodus
by Leon Uris
from Bantam Books
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$9.99
Fight for Jerusalem
by Dore Gold
from Regnery Publishing, Inc.
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Gifts of the Jews
by Thomas Cahill
from Nan A. Talese
for 9th-Adult
in Church History (Location: XCH-HIS)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
Great Lion of God
by Taylor Caldwell
Book Club from Doubleday & Company
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gulf War 1991
by Alastair Finlan
from Osprey Publishing
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in 20th Century: 1980-1999 (Location: HISW-20C4)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
History of the Arab Peoples
by Albert Hourani
from Harvard University Press
for Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
In the Land of the Blue Burqas
by Kate McCord
from Moody Press
for 11th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$13.59
Jarhead
by Anthony Swofford
from Scribner
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in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
by James Carroll
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Junior Officer's Reading Club
by Patrick Hennessey
from Riverhead Books
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$4.80 (1 in stock)
Justinian & Theodora
by Robert Browning
from Thames and Hudson
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in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
from Riverhead Books
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in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
from Riverhead Books
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in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Milliken: Sumer and Babylonia
by Kent L. Forrest, illustrated by Helen Hausner and Cliff Chaudron
from Milliken Publishing
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$3.60 (1 in stock)
Milliken: The Hebrews, Phoenicians and Hittites
by Martha Kuhn and Marilyn Chase
from Milliken Publishing
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$3.60 (1 in stock)
Persian Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftsmen
Dover Pictorial Archive Series
by Ali Dowlatshahi
from Dover Publications
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$6.40 (2 in stock)
Primeval Saints
by James Jordan
from Canon Press
Biography for 10th-Adult
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$11.90 $6.00 (2 in stock)
Sons of Sinbad
by Alan Villiers
from Charles Scribner's Sons
for Adult
in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT)
$35.00 (1 in stock)
The Koran
by Anonymous
Revised from Penguin Classics
for 10th-Adult
in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
$13.60 $6.80 (1 in stock)
The Robe
by Lloyd C. Douglas, illustrated by Dean Cornwell
from Houghton Mifflin
for 8th-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.20 (1 in stock)
Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
from Riverhead Books
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
First Ed from Riverhead Books
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Three Cups of Tea
by David Oliver Relin & Greg Mortenson
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$12.00
Through the Veil
by Lisa Ohlen Harris
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Islam & Sharia Law (Location: XAP-ISL)
$10.20
TimeFrame #03: Age of God-Kings
from Time-Life Books
for 10th grade-adult
in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
TimeFrame #04: Barbarian Tides
from Time-Life Books
for 10th grade-adult
in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Hershel Shanks
from Vintage Books
for Adult
in Archaeology (Location: HISRF-ARCH)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Walking Drum
by Louis L'amour
from Bantam Books
for 9th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$5.03 (1 in stock)
Yankee Sails the Nile
by Irving and Electa Johnson
1st edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
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in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
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