History of the Middle East brought major protests, uprisings, and revolutions to several Middle Eastern countries, followed by prolonged civil wars in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya. In 2014, a terrorist group and self-proclaimed caliphate calling itself the Islamic State made rapid territorial gains in western Iraq and eastern Syria, prompting international military intervention. At its peak, the group controlled an area containing an estimated 2.8 to 8 million people, 98% of which was lost by December 2017. By country: General: Works cited History of the Middle East Home to the Cradle of Civilization, the Middle East (usually interchangeable with the Near East) has seen
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters of spin-offs: "Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters in 3-D" (illustrated by Ty Templeton) ran for four issues in 1986 (also available in non-3D editions); "Clint: Hamster Triumphant" was a two issue series focusing on one of the hamsters; and "Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Massacre the Japanese Invasion" was a one shot in 1989. The Hamsters also appeared in Total Eclipse and "Naive Inter-Dimensional Commando Koalas". Don Chin went on to write and edit several other parody-themed works using the same style of humor. On March 30, 2007, it was announced that Dynamite Entertainment has the rights to reprint the