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Cricket is a sport that is a very similar sport to baseball. When this bat-to-ball sport had spread very quickly through the middle east. Cricket is also know as the 2nd best sport.

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The most popular sport in the Middle East is soccer. They like soccer so Qatar decided to host the 2022 world cup. Also most of the countries are starting to open soccer leagues.

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People in the Middle East dress differently out of respect or for there religion. Women must wear a headscarf and must not show bare legs or arms. Men also must not wear shorts as a sign of respect.

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It is considered rude to say no instead Arabic people will say "as God wills it" to show more respect. You always say yes because that can also mean maybe. Arab people are very sociable people.

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Hebrew is one out of sixty languages spoken in the Middle East. It is mainly spoken in the country of Israel.  The TANAKH is only written in this language.

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Arabic is one of the most widespread language. Arabic is mainly spoken in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,  Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman,  Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. This language is also written in the Quran.

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This a contemporary piece by Newsha Tavakolian. This photo was taken in 2010 in an empty road in Kuwait. This picture represents the battle for equal rights.

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People in the Middle East are influenced by string instruments when it comes to music. Many of the string instruments have originated from the middle east. The most poplar instrument is the oud,

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Islam is the largest religion in the Middle East. These religions events have been said to have happened in the Middle East. They also make a majority in 50 countries.

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Christianity and Judaism Re the other big religions.  Christians represent 40.5% of Lebanon. Jewish people also have many holy lands that have been said to be there land.

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There are many different types of government in the middle east Iran, Iraq, and Turkey are all forms Parliamentary Democracy. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are a form of monarchy government. Syria is a dominate power in the middle east. Iraq is a One-party
presidential dictatorship government.

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Parliamentary government is when power is shared by an
elected Parliament. An example of monarchy government is a king and queen ruling a kingdom. A dominate party is when the military dominates and area. A dictatorship government is a asingle leader or a group of leaders.

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The economy is very diverse. But the area is know for there oil supplies and exports of it. They use there oil as a source of major income.

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The Middle East provides gems and valuable metals this resource has made them over 14.6 million USD in 2010. Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the middles east and there largest export is Aluminum an in 2017 it made them 11.5 billion USD. Saudi Arabi, Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Bahrain, Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Qatar all export major oils and the income is around 325 billion in 2015.