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Bordering countries like Lebanon and Israel, which sea lies west of the Middle East?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Why: Evaporation exceeds precipitation so drastically here that Atlantic surface water constantly flows in through Gibraltar.
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Before Islam, what was the Kaaba in Mecca?
Answer: A shrine housing tribal idols
Why: The Kaaba stood within a sacred precinct regarded as inviolable.
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What major mountain range covers much of western Iran?
Answer: Zagros Mountains
Why: The Zagros Mountains were formed by the collision of the Eurasian and Arabian tectonic plates.
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Which Middle Eastern country is famous for the ancient city of Petra?
Answer: Jordan
Why: Petra is an archaeological wonder half-carved and half-built into spectacular red sandstone cliffs, famously remaining hidden from the Western world for centuries.
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Which hyper-arid desert in Iran is famous for recording extreme global surface temperatures?
Answer: Dasht-e Lut
Why: A NASA review of MODIS data from 2002 to 2019 clocked a land surface record of 80.8 degrees Celsius here, matched only by Mexico's Sonoran Desert.
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Which Middle Eastern country invented the world's oldest written language?
Answer: Iraq
Why: The ancient Sumerians invented cuneiform writing around 3400 BCE in Mesopotamia, located in what is now modern-day Iraq.
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