Your young historians will learn all about the pharaohs, pyramids, and gods of ancient Egypt with these informational text worksheets, each of which are accompanied by hands-on, follow-up activities.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

In an effort to educate the western world on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Saudi Arabia.

In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on United Arab Emirates.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers a thorough resource featuring Bahrain.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Egypt.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Iran.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Kuwait.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Lebanon.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Libya.

In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Morocco.

In an effort to educate the western world on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Qatar.

In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Syria.

In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on Tunisia.

In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC presents this thorough resource of Turkey.

In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on Yemen.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Algeria.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Bedu, known as the Bedouin to Westerners, people of the Middle East. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life,...