Middle East, Black Sea, Persian Gulf
MIDDLE EAST, BLACK SEA, PERSIAN GULF - is a region that encompasses Western Asia and all of or part of Northern Africa, depending on the context. The term is considered to be Eurocentric and used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East. The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner. The largest ethnic groups in the Middle East are Arabs. The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean Seas and various straits. The Persian Gulf is located in Western Asia between Iran (Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula. It is an extension of the Indian Ocean.
Read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
- Abu Dhabi
- Aden
- Aqaba
- Bahrain
- Damman
- Doha
- Dubai / Jebel Ali
- Hodeidah
- Jeddah
- Kuwait (Shuwaikh)
- Muscat
- Riyadh
- Sharjah