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Middle East - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Middle East |
 | | Turkey, despite being Muslim, is frequently excluded from the region, partly because it lies in both Europe and Asia, although sometimes it is referred to as the Near East. |
 | | The main producing areas are the irrigated farmlands of the Nile Valley, and the Fertile Crescent extending from the eastern Mediterranean coast to the Tigris–Euphrates Valley. |
 | | Outside these areas the main traditional economic activity was animal husbandry, and nomadic Bedouin tribes kept herds of sheep, goats, and camels. |
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