Articles on west Asian countries emphasis on political unrest

Western Asia" was in use as a geographical term in the early 19th century, even before "Near East" became current as a geopolitical concept. In the context of the history of classical antiquity, "Western Asia" could mean the part of Asia known in classical antiquity, as opposed to the reaches of "interior Asia", i.e. Scythia, and "Eastern Asia" the easternmost reaches of geographical knowledge in classical authors, i.e. Transoxania and India In the 20th century, "Western Asia" was used to denote a rough geographical era in the fields of archaeology and ancient history, especially as a shorthand for "the Fertile Crescent excluding Ancient Egypt" for the purposes of comparing the early civilizations of Egypt and the former.Therefore, in important parts of this book we are looking at the state of unrest in the West Asia region from the Caucasus to North Africa.

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A. Alishah Doctor en Ciencias Políticas y experto en temas de Oriente Medio, especialmente en guerra, seguridad, terrorismo y el surgimiento de grupos extremistas. Muchos trabajos científicos han sido dejados por el Dr. Alishahi. Docenas de artículos y libros son el resultado de su investigación. También tiene dos medallas de plata de la Red Nacional de Investigadores Iraníes.