a history-related topic
>>16547114By original definition, only western Turkish kingdom of Assuwa is Asia
>>16547114By that logic, North Africa isn't Africa
>>16547134>The term "Asia" is believed to originate in the Bronze Age placename Assuwa (Hittite: 𒀸𒋗𒉿, romanized: aš-šu-wa) which originally referred only to a portion of northwestern Anatolia. The term appears in Hittite records recounting how a confederation of Assuwan states including Troy unsuccessfully rebelled against the Hittite king Tudhaliya I around 1400 BCE.[37][38][39] Roughly contemporary Linear B documents contain the term aswia (Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, romanized: a-si-wi-ja), seemingly in reference to captives from the same area.[40][41]
>>16547135North Africa is the Africa.Subsaharan Africa is some place not Africa.
>>16547135The opposite. North Africa is the actual Africa. The rest of the continent should have been called Libya.
>>16547180The name Africa probably originates from the Afar people that have always lived in present north east africa and roman encounters with them
Europe, Asia, Orient.EZ
>>16547373I think orient is used for pre-islamic middle east too.
Stealth jeet thread
>>16547867Not him, but you're wrong. It generally refers to China area.
>>16547917Says whom? I’ve never heard that, “orient” evokes swarthy magean cultures and desert landscapes. For example, there’s the term “orientalist.”
>>16547915Kek came here to post this
>>16547915>>16548086how is this division prefered by the saars?
>>16548370Lumping themselves with lighter skinned MENAs
>>16548427Indians are always trying to be something they're not kek
