Is Europe part of West Asia or Eurasia? It depends on your standpoint or viewpoint.
If one considers the current oceans and population as the most defining criteria, the answer seems easier: There are the Americas, Africa, and Asia and a land bridge between Africa and Asia.
Geography and geopolitics? How do they mix!
As a European, I was very used to accept Middle East as the correct geographic designation. I had to admit, I was not really aware of the term West Asia as regards to the Middle East.
It was journalist Palki Sharma, who constantly refers to the Middle East as West Asia in her reporting that triggered my curiosity.
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