Until the period following World War I the Near East and the Middle East coexisted, but they were not always seen as distinct. Bertram Lenox Simpson, a colonial officer killed eventually in China, uses the terms together in his 1910 book, The Conflict of Color, as "the Near and Middle East." The total super-region consisted of "India, Afghanistan, Persia, Arabistan, Asia Minor, and last, but not least, Egypt." Simpson (under his pen-name, Weale) explains that this entire region "is politically one region – in spite of the divisions into which it is academically divided." His own term revives "the Nearer East" as opposed to "the Far East." COUNT 4
QSN1 The Near East and the Middle East coexisted until what period? ANS1 the period following World War I QSN2 Who was the colonial officer killed in China? ANS2 Bertram Lenox Simpson QSN3 Who wrote the 1910 book 'The Conflict of Color'? ANS3 Bertram Lenox Simpson QSN4 What was Simpson's pen-name? ANS4 Weale