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1) Egypt
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Egypt.
2) Iran
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Iran - or Persia, as it was known until the 1930s - is home to one of the world's oldest cultures. Over the years it has exerted a great influence over its neighbors in the Middle East and Central Asia. Although Iran was once a close ally of the United States, in 1979 supporters of the Islamic fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the government and instituted a new one based on strict interpretation of Islamic law. In the years...
3) Jordan
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Jordan.
4) Lebanon
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Lebanon.
5) Qatar
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Throughout history tiny Qatar has at times been overlooked or forgotten. Today, however, this small country, located on a peninsula that juts into the Arabian Gulf, has become an important strategic partner of the United States. In recent years Qatar has gained international stature in part because of its vast reserves of oil and natural gas. Since coming to power in 1995, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has made Qatar one of the more liberal Gulf...
6) Saudi Arabia
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Saudi Arabia.
7) Sudan
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Sudan.
8) Turkey
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and communities of Turkey.
9) Algeria
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Algeria.
10) Bahrain
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Bahrain.
11) Iraq
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Iraq.
12) Kuwait
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Kuwait.
13) Libya
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Libya.
14) Morocco
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Morocco.
15) The Palestinians
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of the Palestinians.
16) Somalia
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Somalia.
17) Syria
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Syria.
18) Tunisia
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Tunisia.
20) Yemen
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Mason Crest Publishers
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Like its neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula, the Republic of Yemen has a long and rich history. The southern Arabian region, which present-day Temen shares, was once the home of the Samaean kingdom. Led by the queen of Sheba, the kingdom formed an alliance with King Solomon, as recorded in the Old Testament. In the era of the burgeoning spice trade, the people of the Yemen region, which was advantageously located along the sea routes to Asia, had...
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