Europe, the Middle East and Africa - Wikipedia

EMEA is a shorthand designation meaning Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The acronym is used by institutions and governments, as well as in marketing and ... Europe,theMiddleEastandAfrica FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch CollectivetermreferringtoEurope,theMiddleEastandAfrica "EMEA"redirectshere.FortheEUagency,seeEuropeanMedicinesAgency. "Emea"redirectshere.Forthesynonymofthemothgenus,seeEmea(moth). Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Europe,theMiddleEastandAfrica" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(June2016)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) EMEA:Europe,theMiddleEast,andAfrica,markedonaworldmap. EMEAisashorthanddesignationmeaningEurope,theMiddleEastandAfrica.Theacronymisusedbyinstitutionsandgovernments,aswellasinmarketingandbusinesswhenreferringtothisregion:itisashorthandwayofreferencingthetwocontinents(AfricaandEurope)andtheMiddleEasternsub-continentallatonce.ItisparticularlycommonamongNorthAmericancompanies,anditismostlyusedwhendividingacompany'soperationsbygeography. Asthenamesuggests,theregionincludesallofthecountriesfoundonthecontinentsofAfricaandEurope,aswellasthecountriesthatmakeuptheMiddleEast.TheregionisgenerallyacceptedtoincludeallEuropeannationsandallAfricannations,andextendseasttoIran,includingmostofRussia.[citationneeded]ItmayalsoincludeKazakhstanandtherestofCentralAsia.[citationneeded]Typically,theacronymdoesnotincludeindependentoverseasterritoriesofmainlandcountriesintheregion,suchasFrenchGuiana.However,thetermisnotcompletelyclear,andwhileitusuallyreferstoEurope,theMiddleEastandAfrica,itisnotuncommonforbusinessandotherinstitutionstoslightlytweakthecountriestheyincludeunderthisumbrellaterm. Oneofthereasonswhythetermisvastlyusedisbecauseitisusefulforbusinesspurposes,asmostoftheregionfallswithinfourtimezones,whichfacilitatescommunicationandtravel.[1] Therelatedterm"EAA"refersto"Europe,Africa,andAsia".[2] Contents 1Historicalinfluence 2Relatedregions 3Seealso 4References Historicalinfluence[edit] ThehistoricalinfluenceandinterdependenceofEuropeontheMiddleEastandAfricainrelationtotraderoutescontributedtothedevelopmentofthetermEMEA.[3]TheestablishmentoftheSuezCanalin1869impactedinternationalcommerce.[4]ItdirectlylinkedEuropetotheIndianOceanandEastAsiantraderoutes.[4]ThedirectchannelbetweenBritainandIndiaenabledBritaintograduallygainauthorityoverEgypt.[3]ThisauthoritywasreinforcedviathedevelopmentandmaintenanceofthePaxBritannicawhichgaveBritainnavalpowerandcontrolovertheworld'smaritimetraderoutesduringthelatenineteenthcenturyperiodofpeace.[5] Relatedregions[edit] EasternEurope,MiddleEastandAfrica(EEMEA).SomecompaniesseparatetheirEasternEuropeanbusinessfromtherestofEurope,andrefertotheEEMEAregionseparatelyfromtheWestern/CentralEuropean(EU/EFTA)region SouthernEurope,MiddleEastandAfrica(SEMEA) SoutheasternEurope,MiddleEastandAfrica(SEEMEA) CentralandEasternEurope(CEE) CentralEurope,MiddleEastandAfrica(CEMEA)[6] TheMiddleEastandAfrica(MEA) TheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(MENA) TheMiddleEast,NorthAfrica,AfghanistanandPakistan(MENAP) EuropeandtheMiddleEast(EME) Europe,theMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(EUMENAorEMENA) Europe,theMiddleEast,IndiaandAfrica(EMEIAorEMIA) Europe,theMiddleEast,AfricaandRussia(EMEAR) Europe,theMiddleEast,AfricaandCommonwealthofIndependentStates(EMEACIS) Europe,theMiddleEast,AfricaandCaribbean(EMEAC) TheCommonwealthofIndependentStates(CIS),aroundtheBlackSeaandCaspianSea NorthAtlanticandCentralEurope(NACE) CentralandEasternEurope,theMiddleEastandAfrica(CEMA)[7] Europe,LatinAmerica,Africa,Arabworld Seealso[edit] Americas Asia-Pacific MENA Listofcountrygroupings References[edit] ^Kenton,Will."Europe,theMiddleEastandAfrica(EMEA)".Investopedia.Retrieved2019-09-26. ^"SekiroSalesDethroneTheDivision2inGlobalCharts".PlayStationLifeStyle.30March2019.Retrieved30March2019. ^abTucker,Ernest,1961-.TheMiddleEastinmodernworldhistory(Second ed.).NewYork,NY.ISBN 978-1-351-03170-7.OCLC 1055566281.{{citebook}}:CS1maint:multiplenames:authorslist(link) ^abFletcher,MaxE.(1958-12-01)."TheSuezCanalandWorldShipping,1869-1914".TheJournalofEconomicHistory.18(4):556–573.doi:10.1017/S0022050700107740.ISSN 0022-0507. ^Crouzet,François(1999)."OutsidethewallsofEurope–thepaxbritannica".EuropeanReview.7(4):447–453.doi:10.1017/S1062798700004373.ISSN 1062-7987. ^"CEMEA-DefinitionbyAcronymFinder".www.acronymfinder.com. ^"CompanyOverview-AboutIDC-IDCCEMA".idc-cema.com. 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