The Aramaic alphabet is historically significant, since virtually all modern Middle Eastern writing systems use a script that can be traced back to it, as well as numerous non-Chinese writing systems of Central and East Asia.

Of the characters in her books, Christie has often showcased the archaeologist and experts in Middle Eastern cultures and artifacts.

This is not to be confused with what the Arabs call the " Hindi numerals ", namely the Eastern Arabic numerals (---------) used in the Middle East, or any of the numerals currently used in Indian languages ( e. g. Devanagari: ).

He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist three times: 1998 for album " Nour El Ain ", 2002 for album " Aktrr Wahed Byhbak 2001 " and 2007 for album " El Lillady ".

However, it has been strongly argued that this was a point made out of mis-translation, as pointed out by Amin Malouf, and that the origin of the term in Middle Eastern culture comes from phrase Asasiyun, meaning those who follow the Asas ; believers in the foundation of faith.

In the Middle Ages, regicide was rare in Western Europe, but it was a recurring theme in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Category: Ancient Middle Eastern wisdom literature

| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Hungarian composer, pianist, and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music

Central Europe, sometimes referred to as Middle Europe, is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe.

Category: Middle Eastern culture

More recently, although Russia and Eastern Europe remain the most important investment destinations, there have been increasing investment flows from the West through Cyprus into Asia ( particularly China and India ), South America and the Middle East.

This also brought a large wave of immigrants from European and Middle Eastern countries.

The " strong "-" weak " categorization is not the same as " Western "-" non-Western ", as some Latin American states like Argentina and Brazil and Middle Eastern states like Egypt and Israel are considered to have " strong " administrative structures and economic infrastructure.

The literature of European archaeology, in general, avoids the use of ' chalcolithic ' ( the term ' Copper Age ' is preferred ), whereas Middle Eastern archaeologists regularly use it.

Calling Marxism " a truly messianic Judaeo-Christian ideology ", Eliade writes that Marxism " takes up and carries on one of the great eschatological myths of the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean world, namely: the redemptive part to be played by the Just ( the ' elect ', the ' anointed ', the ' innocent ', the ' missioners ', in our own days the proletariat ), whose sufferings are invoked to change the ontological status of the world ".

* Consolidated Contractors Company, a large Middle Eastern and International EPC Contractor

Dairy products are commonly found in European, Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine, whereas they are unknown in traditional East Asian cuisine.

There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and which is ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese dragon, with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.

Although the Egyptian Navy is the smallest branch of the military, it is large by Middle Eastern standards.

In non-doctrinal matters the church had occasionally shared from local Greek, Slavic and Middle Eastern traditions, among others, in turn shaping the cultural development of these nations.

In the Middle East, Orthodox Christians have also been often referred as Roman ( or Rum ) Orthodox, because of their historical connection with the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire as said in Chapter 30 ( Sura Rum ) of the Quran.

This is one of the oldest of the surviving Middle Eastern Deluge myths.

* Crusaders in medieval Middle Eastern history

The Hebrew Bible used poetic language consistent with that of the ancient Middle Eastern cosmology, such as in the Enuma Elish, which described a circular earth with a solid roof, surrounded by water above and below, as illustrated by references to the " foundations of the earth " and the " circle of the earth " in the following examples:

During his speech, Ahmadinejad criticized Israel's policies towards the Palestinians ; called for research on the historical accuracy of the Holocaust ; raised questions as to who initiated the 9 / 11 attacks ; defended Iran's nuclear power program, criticizing the UN's policy of sanctions on his country ; and attacked U. S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

The term often refers to a book written by a chronicler in the Middle Ages describing historical events in a country, or the lives of a nobleman or a clergyman, although it is also applied to a record of public events.

Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the third-most populous on the African continent ( after Nigeria and Ethiopia ).

However, two groups are watching Dr. Shiragami: a gang of thieves hired by Bio-Major and an assassin from a Middle Eastern country called Saradia.

The country is divided into four geographic regions: A lowland belt running north to south behind the coast ( Lower Guinea ), which is part of the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic ecoregion ; the pastoral Fouta Djallon highlands ( Middle Guinea ); the northern savanna ( Upper Guinea ); and a southeastern rain-forest region ( Forest Guinea ).

There and in Ireland, they had been celebrating Samhain and Halloween since the early Middle Ages, and the kirk took a more pragmatic approach towards Halloween, viewing it as important to the life cycle and rites of passage of local communities and thus ensuring its survival in the country.

The country was a western-styled Christian ( Roman Catholic ) state, and Latin held an important position, as was usual in the Middle Ages.

As the country attempted to move from occupation by western forces to a new entity within the Middle East, a new phase of conflict seemed to have erupted within Iraq.

Category: Middle Ages by country

In the late Middle Ages, Lesser Poland gradually became the center of Polish statehood, with Kraków being the capital of the country from mid-11th century until 1596.

About 13 % of Muslims live in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country, 25 % in South Asia, 20 % in the Middle East, 2 % in Central Asia, 4 % in the remaining South East Asian countries, and 15 % in Sub-saharan Africa.

country code-95 ; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE 3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe ; satellite earth stations-2, Intelsat ( Indian Ocean ) and ShinSat ( 2007 )

Oman is a country in the Middle East.

Turkey is the only Muslim country located in the Middle East ( and one of two along with Israel ) that has abolished polygamy, which was officially criminalized with the adoption of the Turkish Civil Code in 1926, a milestone in Atatürk's secularist reforms.

Having been selected to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar will be the first Middle Eastern country to host the FIFA World Cup.

The country participates in the Quartet on the Middle East and the Six-party talks with North Korea.

In 2002, men over sixteen years old who entered the country from twenty-five Middle Eastern countries and North Korea were required to be photographed, fingerprinted, interviewed and have their financial information copied, and had to register again before leaving the country.

In 1993, Tunisia was the first Arab country to host an official Israeli delegation as part of the Middle East peace process and maintained an Interests Section until the outbreak in 2000 of the Intifada.

Israel has said that it " would not be the first country in the Middle East to formally introduce nuclear weapons into the region.

Early Middle English ( 1100 – 1300 ) has a largely Anglo-Saxon vocabulary ( with many Norse borrowings in the northern parts of the country ), but a greatly simplified inflectional system.

After the arrival of the Middle Age newcomers ( see below ), as growing population density necessitated higher crop yields, irrigated rice paddies emerged in Betsileo country by 1600 and were complemented with terraced paddies throughout Imerina a century later.

Philosophical debating was in classical India often a spectator-sport, much as contests of poetry-improvisation were in Germany in its High Middle Ages, and as they still are in the Telegu country today.

Formula One World Championship races are always held on Sundays regardless of timezone / country, while MotoGP holds most races on Sundays, with Middle Eastern races being the exception on Saturday.