The origin of the term “Middle East” is considered to be in the British India Office during the 1850s. It was popularized by Alfred Thayer Mahan, an American naval strategist who was referring to the region between Arabia and India in 1902. Mahan’s definition of the Middle East was the area around the Persian Gulf.

By the mid-20th century a common definition of the Middle East encompassed the states or territories of Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and the various states and territories of Arabia proper (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain.

Present

1) Middle Eastern countries have become rich only with the resources available and they have high per capita income due to the oil production. 4) These countries are not considered developed because they lack other basic facilities such as health care and education.

Developed countries enjoy flourishing economy, whereas developing countries begin to taste the growth of economy and underdeveloped country on the other hand face a weak economic growth and poverty. Developed countries are characterized by a low death rate and low birth rate as well.

Developed Countries refers to the sovereign (independent) nation/state whose economy has highly progressed and possesses great technological infrastructure, as compared to other nations. The countries with low industrialization and low human development index are termed as developing countries.

It is no accident that the Middle East is called the energy storehouse of the world and that it plays a major role in global economics and politics. Comparison with a storehouse is not a metaphor, but the truth. Two-thirds of the world’s hydrocarbon reserves are located in the region….The social and economic development of the Middle East.