Why is the Middle East region called the Middle East?

Answer 1

The Middle Eastern region, like every other, is socially constructed based on race, language and religion. The region, which by most accounts spans from Morocco to Iran, is called the Middle East as a reference to its geographic relationship to Europe and East Asia (not western, nor far eastern). The place is lumped into a single region because the majority shares an ethnicity (Arab), religion (Islam) and language (Arabic, though Iran speaks Persian).

Answer 2

jabal al hijaz mountains, the east coast and the desert

Answer 3

It is called the Middle East because it is in the middle of the world, and in the eastern region of Earth!

Answer 4

Physical