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For the record, Iran is the near East.
Arguable, depending on your definition. But Iraq is nearer to Europe and it’s been labeled “middle east” without objection for decades.
It is not arguable, Iran is the near east. That you are unfamiliar with the definitions does not make it arguable, it just makes you ignorant, and what is the word for refusing to recognize you do not know what you’re talking about? That word.
Interesting how nasty someone can become when so overconfidently incorrect. Im wondering how that happens? How would you become so convinced you know what the middle east is when you simply dont?
It’s both akshually. “Near East” and “Middle East” overlap in standard accepted meanings (in the eurocentric view of things at least). Iran is generally included in both definitions.
I think you owe somebody an apology.
I wouldnot because Iran is the near east, turkey is Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia to Egypt is the Middle East, west of there is North Africa. I did not make these definitions, but if you actually read any fucking books you would know it already.
You did though. Because those are your definitions.
I was going to repeat myself but you do not deserve a response, you’ve provided nothing to this conversation.
Being “confident” is not the same as being “correct”. You’ve added bullshit to this conversation.
Did it occur to you that different countries have different definitions? Not everyone uses the euro centric definitions. No one in my country would use the term Near East for Iran, given that it’s Very Far West. Southern Asia here is more likely to mean Indonesia, but South Asia in UK means India. Fanny means bum in USA, vs cunt in UK. Are you going to argue this as well?
The near/middle/far east terms are all eurocentric, yes, but I don’t think anyone uses them as geopolitical terms in reference to other regions, especially in English.
Mother fucker, you are from New Zealand, which is the exact same definitions as we are working on in the US and the UK and the rest of the English common law countries. This is perhaps the dumbest argument I have had in quite a while, mate.
Funny cause the US definition for what’s considered middle East is as follows (and you would know this is you just looked it up); Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Are you quoting, citing the United States government is a source? Haha, hahaha. Jesus fucking Christ
You are profoundly ignorant of how language functions. You are not smart, you are grand standing in an argument of semantics. Ridiculous mate.