Listening to an Iranian official describe his region as "West Asia" got me wondering if the word "Middle East" is on the outs and why. I suspect Middle East is eurocentric for some reason, but West Asia also preserves Europe as a continent, which is Eurocentric in its own way because Europe is not a continent and never was. If we're calling anything West Asia, it should be Spain and Portugal.

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Eurocentric map. Well done proving everyone who is pushing back against middle east right.

Also it's not "middle" of the eastern hemisphere either. That'd be India and China.

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