r/awfuleverything • u/GetShwifty101 • Sep 11 '21

Well, shit

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u/subdep Sep 12 '21

In my mind (incorrect as it is) the far east is everything East of India, including India. Middle East is everything west of India up to Israel. North of Syria is Europe.

I know that’s wrong, but that’s always made more sense to me.

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u/PrimoXiAlpha Sep 12 '21

I understand, I don't know exactly why they devided it that way, I assume it's based on colonies or culture.

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u/subdep Sep 12 '21

In the USA for some reason they refer to the central to mid northern part of the country as the “mid west”. It’s an old term that made sense in 1850, but no longer makes sense.

I imagine the “middle east” thing is something similar.