Ancient Near East Countries

For the ancient history of the region see ancient near east.

Ancient near east countries. Mesopotamia modern iraq southeast turkey southwest iran northeastern syria and kuwait ancient egypt ancient iran elam media parthia and persia anatolia asia minor and the armenian highlands turkey s eastern anatolia region armenia northwestern iran southern georgia and western azerbaijan the levant modern syria lebanon palestine israel and jordan. The near east is traditionally regarded by archaeologists and ancient historians as the region of southwest asia specifically the area encircled by the mediterranean sea the black sea the caspian sea the red sea and the persian arabian gulf. The british museum describes the ancient near east as mesopotamia iran anatolia the caucasus the levant and arabia. The ancient near east was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern middle east.

The modern use of the term near east in archaeology however does not affect the fact that the ancient near east represents regions of the fertile crescent. In ancient times the near east was never one huge homogeneous area but an assorted collection of changing cultures. The ancient near east is not a country but a general area that often extends from what we now call the middle east to egypt.