Middle East

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The Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa.

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History

The region was home to many ancient civilizations, including the oldest civilizations in Babylon (Location)/Iraq (Location) and Egypt (Location), as well as Persia (Character)/Iran (Location), Syria (Location), Phoenicia/Lebanon, Palestine (Location)/Israel (Location), Arabia, Anatolia/Byzantium/Turkey (Location), and the Gulf/Dubai (Location). While many games are set in these locations/civilizations, others often use an unnamed Middle-Eastern location. The region is also the origin of the three major monotheisticAbrahamic religions: Judaism (Concept), Christianity (Concept), and Islam (Concept). Most of the major religious figures in these religions hail from the Middle East, including Abraham (Character), Moses (Character), Jesus, and Muhammad (Character).

Gaming

While many video games are set in the Middle East, the region has traditionally had very little involvement in the video game industry. The region has, however, had several influential game designers. Iran (Location)'s Nasir Gebelli (Person) was a driving force behind American companies Sirius and Gebelli Software and Japanesecompany Squaresoft (Company), and inspired game designers such as RPG pioneer Hironobu Sakaguchi (Person) and FPS pioneer John Romero (Person). In the 21st century, video games have been increasingly growing in popularity in the region. American first-person shooters, many of which take place in the Middle East, are particularly popular among Middle-Eastern gamers. Current Middle-Eastern designers include Turkey (Location)'s Cevat Yerli (Person) and his brothers Avni and Faruk, the founders of Crytek (Company), the industry leader in real-time 3D graphics technology, with the CryEngine (Concept) series of game engines. Other Middle-Eastern developers include visual novel developer Ramadan Soft (Company)'s Tarek Solaiman, Saudi Arabian developer Semaphore (Company), and Turkish developer Taleworlds (Company).

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• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Game)
• A Line in the Sand (Game)
• Adventure Construction Set (Game)
• Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (Game)
• Aladdin's Magic Lamp (Game)
• Aladdin's Wonders of the World (Game)
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Game)
• Ali-Baba (Game)
• Apache: Air Assault (Game)
• Arabian (Game)
• Arabian Fight (Game)
• Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei-ou (Game)
• Arabians Doubt: The Engagement on Desert (Game)
• Arabians Lost: The Engagement on Desert (Game)
• ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead (Game)
• Armored Warfare (Game)
• Army of Two (Game)
• Assassin's Creed (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II Multiplayer (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II: Discovery (Game)
• Assassin's Creed Mirage (Game)
• Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles (Game)
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (Game)
• Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy (Game)
• Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (Game)
• Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection (Game)
• Babel Rising (Game)
• Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition (Game)
• Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam SEED (Game)
• Battles of Prince of Persia (Game)
• Broken Sword Collection (Game)
• Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse (Game)
• Call of Duty 2 (Game)
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Game)
• Call to Arms (Game)
• Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985 (Game)
• Circuit's Edge (Game)
• City Connection (Game)
• Cleopatra no Ma Takara (Game)
• Clive Barker's Jericho (Game)
• Cold Winter (Game)
• Combat Mission: Shock Force (Game)
• Combat Mission: Shock Force - British Forces (Game)
• Combat Mission: Shock Force - Marines (Game)
• Combat Mission: Shock Force - NATO (Game)
• Conflict: Middle East (Game)
• Conquest Age (Game)
• Crusader Kings (Game)
• Crusader Kings II (Game)
• Crusader: Adventure Out of Time (Game)
• Crypt Killer (Game)
• Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath (Game)
• Cultures 2: The Gates of Asgard (Game)
• Daisenryaku DS (Game)
• Deus Machina Demonbane (Game)
• Devastators (Game)
• Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King (Game)
• Disney's Aladdin (Game)
• Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures (Game)
• Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (Game)
• Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin (Game)
• Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict (Game)
• Empire: Total War (Game)
• Exile (Game)
• Exile: Wicked Phenomenon (Game)
• F-15 Strike Eagle II (Game)
• F29 Retaliator (Game)
• Frontline Tactics (Game)
• Gundam 0079: The War for Earth (Game)
• Hamurabi (Game)
• Heavy Fire: Special Operations (Game)
• Heracles no Eikou 3: Kamigami no Chinmoku (Game)
• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (Game)
• Ibn al-Nafis Visual Novel (Game)
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Game)
• Insurgency (Game)
• Insurgency (Game)
• Jerusalem: The Three Roads to the Holy Land (Game)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Game)
• Joint Task Force (Game)
• Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 (Game)
• Kidou Senshi Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079 (Game)
• King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (Game)
• Kishin Hishou Demonbane (Game)
• Kuma\War (Game)
• LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Game)
• Legend of Aladdin (Game)
• Lionheart: King's Crusade (Game)
• LittleBigPlanet (Game)
• Lodosstou Senki: Eiyuu Kishiden (Game)
• Magi Hajimari no Meikyuu (Game)
• March of War (Game)
• Medieval II: Total War (Game)
• Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms (Game)
• Medieval: Total War (Game)
• Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion (Game)
• Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (Game)
• Metal Gear Arcade (Game)
• Metal Gear Online (Game)

Location details

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Middle East

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Games

• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Game)
• A Line in the Sand (Game)
• Adventure Construction Set (Game)
• Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (Game)
• Aladdin's Magic Lamp (Game)
• Aladdin's Wonders of the World (Game)
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Game)
• Ali-Baba (Game)
• Apache: Air Assault (Game)
• Arabian (Game)
• Arabian Fight (Game)
• Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei-ou (Game)
• Arabians Doubt: The Engagement on Desert (Game)
• Arabians Lost: The Engagement on Desert (Game)
• ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead (Game)
• Armored Warfare (Game)
• Army of Two (Game)
• Assassin's Creed (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II Multiplayer (Game)
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Characters

• Has characters: Khaled Al-Asad (Character), Indiana Jones (Character), Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (Character), Al Mualim (Character), Kirrin (Character), Sniper Wolf (Character), Venom Snake (Character), Drebin 893 (Character), Ishtaros (Character), Nathan Drake (Character), Barack Obama (Character), George W. Bush (Character), God (Character), Bahamut (Character), Jafar (Character), Agent 47 (Character), Genghis Khan (Character), Saladin (Character), Marik Ishtar (Character), Michael Edwards (Character), Michael Thorton (Character), Aladdin (Character), Princess Jasmine (Character), The Prince (Character), Baal (Character), Rouge (Character), Jafar (Character), Osama Bin Laden (Character), Mot (Character), Jesus Christ (Character), Ishtar (Character), Sousuke Sagara (Character), Setsuna F. Seiei (Character), Abraham (Character), Gilgamesh (Character), Yam (Character), Muhammad (Character), Ali Al-Saachez (Character), Marina Ishmail (Character), David Sarif (Character), Faridah Malik (Character), Jasmine (Character), Joker (Character), Mustapha Cairo (Character), Abdel Adrian (Character), Tiamat (Character), Moloch (Character), Anat (Character), Ishtar (Character), Gilgamesh (Character), Harun Al Rashid (Character), Fatima Doohan (Character), Anzu (Character), Haytham Kenway (Character), Hannibal Barca (Character), Shaheen (Character), Deacon St. John (Character), Ali Baba (Character)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Assassin (Concept), Pirate (Concept), Christianity (Concept), War (Concept), World War III (Concept), Henchman (Concept), Terrorist (Concept), Evil Old White Guy (Concept), Political Thriller (Concept), Brotherhood of Assassins (Concept), Islam (Concept), Religion (Concept), The Crusades (Concept), Knight (Concept), United States Marine Corps (Concept), Vomiting (Concept), God (Concept), Rebels (Concept), Ancient Advanced Civilization Technology (Concept), Poverty (Concept), Judaism (Concept), Archeology (Concept), Horse Archery (Concept), United States Air Force (Concept), GoldSrc (Concept), Wizards (Concept), Mythology (Concept), Snake Charming (Concept), Arabian Mythology (Concept), Roman Empire (Concept), Genie (Concept), Ifrit (Concept), Camel (Concept), Artillery (Concept), Jackal (Concept), Christian Themes (Concept), Caracal (Concept), Dunia Engine (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Car Bomb (Object), Katar (Object), Bomb (Object), M1 Abrams (Object), Metal Gear (Object), Regain (Object), Solid Eye (Object), Stryker (Object), Scimitar (Object), Turban (Object), Aluminum Can (Object), Sand (Object), Magic Carpet (Object), Scarab Beetle (Object), Wheel (Object), Oil Drum (Object), Necronomicon (Object), Palm Tree (Object), Carpet (Object), Rug (Object), Abacus (Object), F-16 Fighting Falcon (Object), Mirage (Object), T-72 (Object)

Related Locations

• Has related locations: Karachi (Location), Acre (Location), Asia (Location), Damascus (Location), Israel (Location), Jerusalem (Location), Kingdom (Location), Masyaf (Location), Ottoman Empire (Location), Palestine (Location), Syria (Location), Unnamed Middle Eastern Location (Location), Iran (Location), Saudi Arabia (Location), Yemen (Location), Iraq (Location), Egypt (Location), Dubai (Location), Pakistan (Location), United Arab Emirates (Location), Al-Khali (Location), Cairo (Location), Nasr (Location), Rural Area (Location), Beirut (Location), Lebanon (Location), Tower of Babel (Location), Mosque (Location), Kahndaq (Location), Persian Gulf (Location), Haifa (Location), Baghdad (Location), Strike At Karkand (Location), Fallujah (Location), Mediterranean Sea (Location), Doha (Location), Kuwait City (Location), Riyadh (Location), Qatar (Location), Al Rayyan (Location), Al-Kharj (Location), Al- Mubarraz (Location), Abu Dhabi (Location), Ashdod (Location), Beersheba (Location), Tel Aviv (Location), Holon (Location), Kfar Saba (Location), Al Khor (Location), Rishon LeZion (Location), Netanya (Location), Oman (Location), Jeddah (Location), Khor Fakkan (Location), Dammam (Location), Diriyah (Location), Fujairah (Location), Petah Tikva (Location), Sharjah (Location), Mecca (Location), Al Nasr, Dubai (Location), Madinat ash Shamal (Location), Ras Al Khaimah (Location), Bahrain (Location), Jordan (Location), Ashkelon (Location), Mishref (Location), Al Farwaniyah (Location), Harmah (Location), Al Hofuf (Location), Herzliya (Location)