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Geographical term that roughly encompasses Western Asia, and in some definitions parts of the Balkans
Genetic studies show Israeli Jewish populations are neither genetically uniform nor unrelated to neighboring Levantine groups: major analyses find shared Middle Eastern ancestry across Ashkenazi, Seph...
Genetic studies show that uniparental markers (Y‑DNA and mtDNA) among peoples linked to the Levant and Europe display contrasting patterns: many Levantine male lineages carry haplogroups associated wi...
Modern ethnic Turks trace their deep linguistic and cultural roots to Turkic-speaking peoples of Central and East Asia who expanded westward across the Eurasian steppe, while the core genetic and demo...
() in Jewish populations shows a mix of patterns: some communities — most notably and certain small, isolated groups — display strong dominated by a few maternal lineages, while most non‑Ashkenazi com...
Beer is an ancient fermented beverage whose earliest clear archaeological and textual traces reach back thousands of years across the Near East and China, and which played roles ranging from nutrition...
In about 1177 B.C. the interconnected world of the Late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean imploded: cities were burned or abandoned, long-distance trade networks collapsed, and Egypt fought a ma...
The Obama administration’s refugee resettlement policy for Fiscal Year 2017 set an elevated admissions ceiling of , allocated regionally and emphasizing specific referral priorities and family reunifi...