@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix isothes: <http://purl.org/iso25964/skos-thes#> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Turkey>
  skos:prefLabel "Turkey"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Syria>
  skos:prefLabel "Syria"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Egypt>
  skos:prefLabel "Egypt"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Saudi_Arabia>
  skos:prefLabel "Saudi Arabia"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Bahrain>
  skos:prefLabel "Bahrain"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Lebanon>
  skos:prefLabel "Lebanon"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Iran>
  skos:prefLabel "Iran"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Jordan>
  skos:prefLabel "Jordan"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Libya>
  skos:prefLabel "Libya"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Qatar>
  skos:prefLabel "Qatar"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/historical_geographic_locations>
  skos:prefLabel "historical geographic locations"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Kuwait>
  skos:prefLabel "Kuwait"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Yemen>
  skos:prefLabel "Yemen"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Afghanistan>
  skos:prefLabel "Afghanistan"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Oman>
  skos:prefLabel "Oman"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Western_Asia>
  skos:prefLabel "Western Asia"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Iraq>
  skos:prefLabel "Iraq"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East>
  skos:narrower <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Oman>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Kuwait>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Syria>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Israel>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Iraq>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Turkey>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Lebanon>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Yemen>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Egypt>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Afghanistan>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Qatar>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Iran>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_Arab_Emirates>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Libya>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Bahrain>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Saudi_Arabia>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Jordan> ;
  skos:definition "The Middle East refers to the “fertile crescent” between the Nile River basins in the west and the Euphrates and Tigris in the east and historically consists of one of the world's most important regions for the emergence of settled life, cities, state institutions, and civilizations. It is the birthplace of three of the most significant global religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all monotheistic. [Source: <a href=\"https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/globalreligion/n466.xml\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"to-sk\">Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Middle East</a>]"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:exactMatch <https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008877.html> ;
  skos:prefLabel "Middle East"@en ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Western_Asia>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/historical_geographic_locations> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/conceptgroup/concepts>
  a skos:Collection, isothes:ConceptGroup ;
  skos:prefLabel "concepts"@en ;
  skos:member <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_Arab_Emirates>
  skos:prefLabel "United Arab Emirates"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Israel>
  skos:prefLabel "Israel"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Middle_East> .