Near East: 1856AD

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The term "Near East" from around 1856AD is an earlier version from European writers. Middle East is a later version from around 1900AD, but still refers to the same area or region as the term "Middle East" would. Located in the ancient
Near East, Mesopotamia today is Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran, northeast Syria,
Armenia, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus,

Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. Beginning in 4000BC and into the Bronze Age of 3300 to 1200BC then the Iron Age of 1200 to 586BC, archaeologists began working over 150 years ago in this area and will continue for much longer in order to learn more of its ancient history.

The first civilizations that lived in the Near East practiced intensive year-round agriculture, developed

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