Middle Eastern Culture Site
	Rachel Schaus BellaOnline's Middle Eastern Culture Editor

⇒Maps
Useful and interesting maps, both historical and current, of the Middle East and places in the Middle East

Countries of the Middle East
What are the countries of the Middle East? It's not as easy of a question to answer as one may think.

Middle Eastern Places You Aren´t Likely to Find on a Map
Anatolia and Rumelia, the Maghreb, Andalusia, the Levant, Mesopotamia – you aren´t likely to find any of these places marked on a map, but they come up again and again in discussing the Middle East. Where are they? Why are these names used?