The use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs apparently began in British and American diplomatic circles quite independently of each other over concern for the security of the same country: Iran, then known to the west as Persia. In 1900 Thomas Edward Gordon published an article, The Problem of the Middle East, which began: COUNT 5
QSN1 Where did the use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs begin? ANS1 in British and American diplomatic circles QSN2 What was Iran known as to the west? ANS2 Persia QSN3 When did Thomas Edward Gordon publish "The Problem of the Middle East"? ANS3 1900 QSN4 What article did Thomas Edward Gordon publish? ANS4 The Problem of the Middle East QSN5 The problem of the Middle East was published by who? ANS5 Thomas Edward Gordon