As opposed to the northern/southern hemisphere that has:

  • a clear reference point (equators)
  • traditionally we don’t model a rotation north/south

Western/eastern hemisphere

  • doesn’t have a clear reference (Greenwich?)
  • traditionally we model rotation on the north/south axis so western/eastern would depend from the time
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[–] 2 points 8 months ago*

In UN proceedings the Middle East is referred to as West Asia.

Middle East is very much a colloquial anglo/euro-centric term. We'll see if it'll stick around outside of the West, where 80% of humanity resides.

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