Here are entered works which treat of the Levant (i.e., the Mediterranean countries east of the Adriatic: Greece, Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta, etc.) from the 11th to the 13th century, with special reference to the influence of the Crusaders.
Here are entered works on the region consisting of Asia west of Pakistan, northeastern Africa, and occasionally Greece, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Works treating collectively the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only, are entered under Arab countries.
Here are entered works on the subcontinent of India, which in addition to India includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan on the mainland, and Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
