Keep up to date with the everchanging Middle East Region. The Middle East has been a tangled web of alliances since WWI. These maps attempt to make sense out of the this often confusing area. The 7 maps show the relationships among...

An interactive map that shows the countries of the Middle East in 2003. Gives information such as population, government, and history about each country.

Discusses each country in the Middle East and how it is affected by the problems that are going on in the region. Click on the tiny map in the upper left-hand corner to access the list of countries.

Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the countries of the Middle East.

The term "Middle East" is generally recognized today to refer to a region that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to Afghanistan in the east. It encompasses the countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel,...

Prior to 1948, Jewish communties were found discontinuously in an area stretching from southwest Asia across North Africa, from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the north to Yemen in the south, and from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in...

Overview of the Middle East covers topics such as history, geography, demographics, and countries.

This site has a puzzle of the countries of the Middle East that you can play online.

Learn about the different cultures that make up Africa and the Middle East. Using this alphabetical list, click on a specific group of people and read information about their culture, history, economy, sociopolitical organization, and...

In this project, learners will learn about and provide a concise description of a country in the Middle East. They will then present information about their country to the class. Lesson plan includes standards and weekly procedures....

View a timeline of Middle Eastern history, explore events through themes, and make connections through the use of big-picture questions such as "What's the appeal of religious militancy?"

Wikipedia offers detailed information on the Middle East, an area that extends from the southeastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.

Learn the locations and countries in the Middle East from this political map. Click on the link at the top of the page to see a physical map of the same region. Clicking on the country's name will take you to information about that country.

This political map shows the countries and capitals of the Middle East and South Asia as well as other countries in Asia.

Economic trends will provide a very important part of the context in which President Obama's policies play out in the remainder of his term until January 2017. The Middle East's economic recovery from the 2008-2010 global economic crisis...

Investigate the countries and geography of the Middle East. Study the flags, maps, facts, exports, natural resources, economy, populations, and languages of the Middle East.

A lesson plan for exploring where democracy exists in the Middle East and for evaluating the types of political rights that citizens experience in individual Middle Eastern countries. Pupils will also examine the prospects for increased...

Play this fun geography map game to learn about the locations of the countries of the Middle East.

The term "Ghorbat" is applied to several non-food-producing, itinerant populations of fairly low status throughout the Middle East and even beyond, in parts of formerly Soviet Central Asia and the Balkans. These peripatetic populations...

This resource explores the country of Iraq through its media outlets. Content includes the latest news (sometimes translated from Arabic), as well as providing analysis on the political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and...

The BBC discusses the country of Lebanon which is at the center of much of the conflict in the Middle East. Gives an overview of its history, talks about its leadership, provides a timeline of key events, and links to other key stories.

This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions of community. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion and culture of this country. The plans are tied to...

This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions on wealth and poverty. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion and culture of this country. Activities are...

A 2011 article about the fear that the lack of stable supplies would lead to oil price hikes and regional unrest.