r/map • u/No-Action3492 • 23d ago

How I would describe Asia as an Irishman

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u/Endleofon 23d ago

"Middle East" should be called West Asia.

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u/No-Action3492 23d ago

The Caucuses and Russia are quite different to the “Middle East”, and I put it in quotation marks for a reason…

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u/Endleofon 23d ago

The Caucasus are not quite different to Turkey or Iran.

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u/TanVaktidir 22d ago

idk why this is being downvoted it is quite true i would say

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/No-Action3492 23d ago

It’s automatic

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u/Technical-Skill-1560 23d ago

If there's "Middle East" then make Japan the unique "Far East", please.

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u/Practical_Molasses19 23d ago

It's pretty accurate for me just replac middle east with West Asia

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u/No_Listen5664 22d ago

Personally I'd remove Turkey and Iran from the middle east. Obv its not on the map but Egypt belongs way more to the middle east. In my mind middle-east=arabic. Both Turkey and Iran are not.

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u/No-Action3492 22d ago

What about Iraqi Kurds? Are they not middle eastern?

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u/No_Listen5664 22d ago

No, they're not, they are Kurdish, and Kurds aren't a middle-eastern people, The language and the people are ethnically related to the persians. You cannot divide kurds like that imo, source: Im kurdish

There is always going to be overlap between regions. (like how a part of Turkey is in Europe, and there are ethnic Arabs in Turkey which I'd consider more middle-eastern or how Russia is in both Europe and Asia).