That it represents the point where three continents meet for cultural and economic transmissions is a reason why the Middle East is called the crossroads of the ancient world. For example, Egypt and Turkey respectively occupy African and European geographies whereas Asia claims Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The middle east is called "the crossroads of the ancient world" because of its central location at the intersection of the overland trade routes which connected the ancient civilizations of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Fertile Crescent Because it in between Asia, Europe, and Africa
Depends who you are talking to. Afghanistan is a popularised one, others attribute it ti the Middle East.
The Hellenistic period is part of the Ancient world, not to the Middle Ages.
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Phoenician
This because it comes between ancient and modern civilization.
The Mediterranean and the Middle East.
A car maker that used a Gold Cross as its logo was the defunct French car maker called "Lorraine-Dietrich" . The Cross it used is called "La croix de la Lorraine" which has figured on many other things including the tri-colored flag of the Free French during World War II
The Middle Passage
The concept is that in the broad sweep of human history, we have an ancient world in the distant past, and we have a modern world in the present time, and in between those two lies the middle ages. They are literally in the middle.