Near East facts for kids

The Near East is a term used for Middle East by archaeologists, geographers and historians.

Background

The term Near East came into use in the 1890s, when European powers had to do with two critical situations in the "east". The Sino-Japanese War in 1894–1895 in the Far East, and the Armenian Genocide in the Near East.

British archaeologist D.G. Hogarth published The Nearer East in 1902, which helped to define the term and its extent, including Albania, Montenegro, southern Serbia and Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, all the Ottoman lands, the entire Arabian peninsula, and western parts of Iran.

Images for kids

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  Inhabitants of the Near East, late 19th century

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  Ottoman Porte, 1767, gateway to trade with the Levant. Painting by Antoine de Favray.

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  British troops, Crimea, 1855

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  Rawlinson

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  Australian troops, Gallipoli, 1915. The battle was an Ottoman victory.

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  Logotype of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

See also

In Spanish: Oriente Próximo para niños