Near East:

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of United Kingdom recognises a Middle East and North Africa region, but not a Near East. Their original Middle East consumed the Near East as far as the Red Sea, ceded India to the Asia and Oceania region, and went into partnership with North Africa as far as the Atlantic.

Please answer a question about this article. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable". What consumed the Near East as far as the Red Sea?
Their original Middle East