The entire continent doesn't even make sense. Geographically, sure, culturally, absolutely not. It should either be Eurasia or probably about 5 different continents (South of Himalaya aka Indian subcontinent, North of Himalaya aka Siberia + Central Asia + China + South East Asia, South of Caucasus + Kopet Dag aka Middle East, etc).
The entire region needs a better name. It's own name, something that's not meant to be "in the middle, between more important regions", "west of what people consider more important".
I was actually thinking about that and stuff like "Fertile Crescent" would be more neutral (but it risks not covering places like Arabia).
I wonder if locals have a generic name for the entire region that's more appropriate.
LOL
"Asia" is a Greek name, fully Eurocentric.
The entire continent doesn't even make sense. Geographically, sure, culturally, absolutely not. It should either be Eurasia or probably about 5 different continents (South of Himalaya aka Indian subcontinent, North of Himalaya aka Siberia + Central Asia + China + South East Asia, South of Caucasus + Kopet Dag aka Middle East, etc).
But the correct term is West Asia and not middle east
(I live here and yet I didn't know it until this was shown as West Asia war on the news)
The entire region needs a better name. It's own name, something that's not meant to be "in the middle, between more important regions", "west of what people consider more important".
I was actually thinking about that and stuff like "Fertile Crescent" would be more neutral (but it risks not covering places like Arabia).
I wonder if locals have a generic name for the entire region that's more appropriate.
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