Orient
type: Concept

Middle East
type: Concept
created: 1986-02-11T00:00:00
modified: 2002-05-21T10:40:46
alternative label: East (Middle East)
alternative label: Asia, South West
alternative label: Mediterranean Region, Eastern
alternative label: Southwest Asia
alternative label: South West Asia
alternative label: Fertile Crescent
alternative label: Eastern Mediterranean
alternative label: Levant
alternative label: Near East
alternative label: Mideast
alternative label: Northern Tier (Middle East)
alternative label: Asia, Western
alternative label: Asia, Southwest
broader: Orient
example: Note under [Arab countries]
in scheme: lcsh
member: collection LCSH General
member: collection LCSHAuthorizedHeadings
note: Here are entered works on the region consisting of Asia west of Pakistan, northeastern Africa, and occasionally Greece and Pakistan. Works treating collectively the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only, are entered under [Arab countries.]