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Near East
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the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
Near East
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Scholars study Canaanite texts to understand the linguistic and cultural heritage of the ancient Near East.
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