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Southwestern Asia (also called the "Middle East") is home to some of the oldest civilizations in the world. An incredible amount of recorded world history concerns this area. Though recorded history goes back millennia, Southwestern Asia is known more recently for being the birthplace of three major historic world religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), and many others like Zoroastrianism and Bahá'í (mainly in Persia), Yazdânism (mainly in Kurdistan and Turkey). Southwestern Asia is still a very variegated place.

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  • Southwestern Asia (also called the "Middle East") is home to some of the oldest civilizations in the world. An incredible amount of recorded world history concerns this area. Though recorded history goes back millennia, Southwestern Asia is known more recently for being the birthplace of three major historic world religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), and many others like Zoroastrianism and Bahá'í (mainly in Persia), Yazdânism (mainly in Kurdistan and Turkey). Southwestern Asia is still a very variegated place.
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  • Southwestern Asia (also called the "Middle East") is home to some of the oldest civilizations in the world. An incredible amount of recorded world history concerns this area. Though recorded history goes back millennia, Southwestern Asia is known more recently for being the birthplace of three major historic world religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), and many others like Zoroastrianism and Bahá'í (mainly in Persia), Yazdânism (mainly in Kurdistan and Turkey). Southwestern Asia is still a very variegated place. However, largely because of its the variation, especially in religion, parts of the region are extremely troubled. The Middle East has a long-standing stereotype of being the most radically religious of all regions, and indeed, that seems to be the case in certain areas, where religious tolerance is a new idea and has not made many inroads. Such is the case in countries like Nejd and Hejaz (which suppress internal minorities) and Iraq and Basra (which constantly threaten each other). Interestingly, the largest disputes these days are between Muslims and Muslims, that is Sunni and Shi'a Muslims. However, majority Muslim countries such as Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Transjordan have tried and largely succeeded in creating peaceful multicultural societies.
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