Sunday, October 16, 2016
Defining the Middle East
The Middle East is of course a construction just as more defined geographic units like Europe, Asia, and even Africa are constructions. Thus its borders are contested. In my History of the Middle East class I have treated Armenia and Azerbaijan as part of the Middle East. There are after all twice as many Azeris in Iran as in former Soviet Azerbaijan and nobody argues Iran is not part of the Middle East.
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Also I understand that there are Armenians in Iran. I don't know about Georgians in Iran though.
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