Middle East

Traditional definition of the Middle East in terms of historical regions

 * 1) Iran (Persia)
 * 2) Asia Minor
 * 3) Mesopotamia
 * 4) The Levant
 * 5) The Arabian Peninsula
 * 6) Egypt
 * 7) The Ottoman (Turkish) and British holdings in the above region prior to 1918.

Traditional definition of the Middle East in terms of modern-day countries

 * 1) Bahrain
 * 2) Cyprus
 * 3) Egypt
 * 4) Iran
 * 5) Iraq
 * 6) Israel (+ West Bank and Gaza)
 * 7) Jordan
 * 8) Kuwait
 * 9) Lebanon
 * 10) Oman
 * 11) Palestine
 * 12) Qatar
 * 13) Saudi Arabia
 * 14) Syria
 * 15) Turkey
 * 16) United Arab Emirates
 * 17) Yemen

Countries and territories of the Middle East according to the G8

 * 1) Afghanistan
 * 2) Algeria
 * 3) Bahrain
 * 4) Cyprus
 * 5) Djibouti
 * 6) Egypt
 * 7) Iran
 * 8) Iraq
 * 9) Israel (+ West Bank and Gaza)
 * 10) Jordan
 * 11) Kuwait
 * 12) Lebanon
 * 13) Libya
 * 14) Mauritania
 * 15) Morocco
 * 16) Oman
 * 17) Pakistan
 * 18) Palestine
 * 19) Qatar
 * 20) Saudi Arabia
 * 21) Somalia
 * 22) Sudan
 * 23) Syria
 * 24) Tunisia
 * 25) Turkey
 * 26) Western Sahara Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * 27) United Arab Emirates
 * 28) Yemen

CIS countries sometimes associated with the Greater Middle East

 * 1) Armenia
 * 2) Azerbaijan
 * 3) Georgia
 * 4) Kazakhstan
 * 5) Kyrgyzstan
 * 6) Tajikistan
 * 7) Turkmenistan
 * 8) Uzbekistan

The http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/me.htm variant

 * 1) Afghanistan
 * 2) Bahrain
 * 3) Iran
 * 4) Iraq
 * 5) Israel
 * 6) Jordan
 * 7) Kuwait
 * 8) Kyrgyzstan
 * 9) Lebanon
 * 10) Oman
 * 11) Pakistan
 * 12) Palestinian Territories (that is- the West Bank and Gaza)
 * 13) Qatar
 * 14) Saudi Arabia
 * 15) Syria
 * 16) Tajikistan
 * 17) Turkey
 * 18) Turkmenistan
 * 19) United Arab Emirates
 * 20) Uzbekistan
 * 21) Yemen

The www.geography-map-games.com variant

 * 1) Afghanistan
 * 2) Arminia
 * 3) Azerbijan
 * 4) Bahrain
 * 5) Georgia
 * 6) Iran
 * 7) Iraq
 * 8) Israel
 * 9) Jordan
 * 10) Kuwait
 * 11) Kyrgyzstan
 * 12) Lebanon
 * 13) Oman
 * 14) Pakistan
 * 15) Palestinian Territories (that is- the West Bank and Gaza)
 * 16) Qatar
 * 17) Saudi Arabia
 * 18) Syria
 * 19) Tajikistan
 * 20) Turkey
 * 21) Turkmenistan
 * 22) United Arab Emirates
 * 23) Uzbekistan
 * 24) Yemen

The GCC
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية‎), originally (and still colloquially) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC, مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq. It started over oil and gas trading with the West, spread to inter Middle East trade and defying Israel, and has now moved on to other issues like fighting terrorism.

Its member states are-
 * 1) Bahrain
 * 2) Kuwait
 * 3) Oman
 * 4) Qatar
 * 5) Saudi Arabia
 * 6) the United Arab Emirates.

Also see

 * 1) 1970s energy crises
 * 2) Minerals and fuel in central Africa
 * 3) Mineral mining, smelting and shipping videos
 * 4) Yom Kippur War
 * 5) Six-Day War
 * 6) Suez Crisis

Links

 * 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
 * 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Middle_East
 * 3) http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/me.htm
 * 4) http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/me.htm
 * 5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council