20050130
a lesson in geography
is the middle east part of asia?
where do you put turkey, then?
the arabian peninsula, jordan, syria, israel, iraq, iran and that general area have been dubbed as the middle east. some time ago, north asians sought to remove the term "the far east" from modern writing because the world is presumably smaller and easier to traverse now, that part of the east isn't that far.
it used to be that turkey, cyrus and the nations near them were called the near east, but again, it looks like that moniker's been abolished. how can that part of the east be near when they're a world so different from even europe, which resides just an hour or so by plane north of them?
the middle east, because of extensive play by the west, retains exoticsm but i don't think anyone still remembers that they used to be part of the huge continent of asia.
asia is the southeast, like indonesia, malaysia, singapore, the philippines, thailand, laos, cambodia; the south like india, pakistan, bangladesh, nepal, bhutan, afghanistan (sometimes mistaken for being in the middle east now, as well); the north like japan, china, mongolia, and russia.
at least, this is the asia that i think is on everyone's minds when they think of the word. ¶ 1/30/2005 05:40:00 PM
is the middle east part of asia?
where do you put turkey, then?
the arabian peninsula, jordan, syria, israel, iraq, iran and that general area have been dubbed as the middle east. some time ago, north asians sought to remove the term "the far east" from modern writing because the world is presumably smaller and easier to traverse now, that part of the east isn't that far.
it used to be that turkey, cyrus and the nations near them were called the near east, but again, it looks like that moniker's been abolished. how can that part of the east be near when they're a world so different from even europe, which resides just an hour or so by plane north of them?
the middle east, because of extensive play by the west, retains exoticsm but i don't think anyone still remembers that they used to be part of the huge continent of asia.
asia is the southeast, like indonesia, malaysia, singapore, the philippines, thailand, laos, cambodia; the south like india, pakistan, bangladesh, nepal, bhutan, afghanistan (sometimes mistaken for being in the middle east now, as well); the north like japan, china, mongolia, and russia.
at least, this is the asia that i think is on everyone's minds when they think of the word. ¶ 1/30/2005 05:40:00 PM
