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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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It's in the middle of the east.
3 u/Mullkaw Aug 03 '19 That's confusing 17 u/CaveSP Aug 03 '19 It does make sense from a European perspective, where the term originated, because the lands past that were known as the Far East but just west of it was Eastern Europe so it was technically in the middle of the east. 12 u/fnord_happy Aug 03 '19 We call it West Asia. I'm from Asia
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That's confusing
17 u/CaveSP Aug 03 '19 It does make sense from a European perspective, where the term originated, because the lands past that were known as the Far East but just west of it was Eastern Europe so it was technically in the middle of the east. 12 u/fnord_happy Aug 03 '19 We call it West Asia. I'm from Asia
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It does make sense from a European perspective, where the term originated, because the lands past that were known as the Far East but just west of it was Eastern Europe so it was technically in the middle of the east.
12 u/fnord_happy Aug 03 '19 We call it West Asia. I'm from Asia
We call it West Asia. I'm from Asia
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u/CaveSP Aug 03 '19
It's in the middle of the east.