This is a 6th grade informational text about the multitude of diverse cultures and governments that make up the Middle Eastern part of the world. While reading, students should cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Students should also determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments, and analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).