Near and Middle East

Japanese: Near and Middle East(英語表記)NearandMiddleEast
Near and Middle East


[Implications for the Middle East]
It was after World War II that the term "Middle East" came into independent and widespread use as a regional concept. Prior to that, the terms "Near East" and "Near and Middle East," which were regional concepts created in the 19th century in the context of the development of the Eastern Question, were frequently used. The Near East and Middle East primarily referred to the territories of the Ottoman Empire and the Qajar Dynasty, and therefore corresponded to the Turkish Empire and Persia in European usage.

*Some of the terminology used in the "Near and Middle East" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[中東の含意]
 地域概念としての〈中東〉が独立に,かつ広く用いられるようになったのは,第2次世界大戦後のことである。それ以前には,19世紀に東方問題の展開の中で生み出された地域概念である〈近東Near East〉ないしは〈中近東Near and Middle East〉が頻用されていた。近東および中近東は,主として,オスマン帝国ならびにカージャール朝国家の領域を指し,したがってヨーロッパ的語法からすれば,〈トルコ帝国〉ならびに〈ペルシア〉にあたるものであった。…

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