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Metrocosm: 7 Maps to Help Make Sense of the Middle East GraphicMetrocosm: 7 Maps to Help Make Sense of the Middle East Graphic
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Metrocosm: 7 Maps to Help Make Sense of the Middle East

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Keep up to date with the everchanging Middle East Region. The Middle East has been a tangled web of alliances since WWI. These maps attempt to make sense out of the this often confusing area. The 7 maps show the relationships among countries, where support for ISIS resides, the concentration of wealth and oil, statistical information, the major religions of this area, and the boundaries of Syria's civil war.

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