Comment by lazide
5 days ago
for some strange reason when I say Saudi Arabia is the biggest Asian oil country, everyone gets confused too.
it’s a different enough area geologically and politically, there is a reason everyone calls the region the middle east.
No one should be confused about your statement. Middle East is a region in Asia. The hint is in the word "East" which references Asia.
Do you imagine people calling the Earth flat because "everyone says it is"?
The Middle East is in Western Asia. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East]
The East in the Middle East (and frankly also the ‘Middle’) has nothing to do with it being in Asia.
If it did, Japan would likely be the Middle East. Or maybe Thailand, depending.
Instead, Japanese and Chinese are typically referred to as ‘East Asians’.
Usually, if someone is going to say anything at all about West or Central Asians, they tend to be referring to the ‘stans and/or Mongolia. Since Russia’s a bit… special. And takes up most of the rest.
The more you know.
Your first statement proves my point that Israel is in Asia. Unless you believe that Western Asia is not in Asia or that people in Western Asia are not Asians. China and Japan are referred to as the Far East. As I said, the keyword is "East" which references Asia. The "Middle" refers to it being between Europe and the Far East. Hence the Middle East. I thought this was common knowledge.
I don't think there is any need for sarcasm. It's common knowledge that there are 6-7 continents (depending on how you want to count the Americas).
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