So, I guess I'm pretty stupid...

[stinkynuts]

I heard that Iraq won the Asia Cup in soccer, and I'm thinking to myself, since when is Iraq part of Asia? lol. Yeah, the middle east is part of Asia...

 

[Dani]

I heard that Iraq won the Asia Cup in soccer, and I'm thinking to myself, since when is Iraq part of Asia? lol. Yeah, the middle east is part of Asia...

Bites tongue

Stinkynuts is a big enough crutch to bear

 

[canada-man]

it is part of Asia duh!

 

[Radio_Shack]

I think Canada is part of Asia, or at least Kennedy and Steeles is part of Asia.

 

[papasmerf]

And you want to be a techer

 

[kbluejayk]

Asia starts at the Darda in Turkey.

Why do you think the region is called the Middle East.

Yup. Asia is one damn big continent.

You wouldn`t be considered stupid in the States.

Hell, most USA adults probably think Darda is a new line in His/Her pants
to compete with their bluejeans!

 

[Meister]

And you want to be a techer

If he can be a techer then I can be an Exchequer!

 

[LancsLad]

This thread really needs an ESCO comment to set it straight.





.

 

[LancsLad]

Coward!!

??????????????????


Hardly. I find ESCO's pithy and "rye" sense of humour adds greatly to any debate. Once something gets too far into the realm of philosophy it fogs the mind of us simple people and anchors like ESCO have their way of refocusing such that the 90% Stongbeau referred to are not left out.

 

[stinkynuts]

It's just that I associated Asia with China, Japan, India, etc... Didn't realize it extended that far west.

So, technically it would be correct so say that an Iraqi is Asian....


lol, I must REALLY be ignorant. I just found out that Russia is in Asia too... All along I thought it was Eastern Europe...


Take a look at how many countries are in Asia! :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia

Name of region[12] and
territory, with flag Area
(km²) Population
(1 July 2002 est.) Population density
(per km²) Capital
Central Asia:

Kazakhstan[13] 2,346,927 13,472,593 5.7 Astana
Kyrgyzstan 198,500 4,822,166 24.3 Bishkek
Tajikistan 143,100 6,719,567 47.0 Dushanbe
Turkmenistan 488,100 4,688,963 9.6 Ashgabat
Uzbekistan 447,400 25,563,441 57.1 Tashkent

Eastern Asia:

China[14] 9,584,492 1,384,303,705 134.0 Beijing
Hong Kong (China)[15] 1,092 7,303,334 6,688.0 —
Japan 377,835 126,974,628 336.1 Tokyo
Macau (China)[16] 25 461,833 18,473.3 —
Mongolia 1,565,000 2,694,432 1.7 Ulaanbaatar
North Korea 120,540 22,224,195 184.4 Pyongyang
South Korea 98,480 48,324,000 490.7 Seoul
Taiwan [17] 35,980 22,548,009 626.7 Taipei

Northern Africa:
Egypt[18] 63,556 1,378,159 21.7 Cairo

Northern Asia:

Russia[19] 13,115,200 39,129,729 3.0 Moscow


Southeastern Asia:[20]
Brunei 5,770 350,898 60.8 Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia 181,040 12,775,324 70.6 Phnom Penh
Indonesia[21] 1,419,588 227,026,560 159.9 Jakarta
Laos 236,800 5,777,180 24.4 Vientiane
Malaysia 329,750 22,662,365 68.7 Kuala Lumpur
Myanmar (Burma) 678,500 42,238,224 62.3 Yangon[22]
Philippines 300,000 84,525,639 281.8 Manila
Singapore 704 4,483,900 6,369.0 Singapore
Thailand 514,000 62,354,402 121.3 Bangkok
Timor-Leste (East Timor)[23] 15,007 952,618 63.5 Dili
Vietnam 329,560 81,098,416 246.1 Hanoi

Southern Asia:

Afghanistan 647,500 27,755,775 42.9 Kabul
Bangladesh 144,000 133,376,684 926.2 Dhaka
Bhutan 47,000 672,425 14.3 Thimphu
India[24] 3,167,590 1,045,845,226 318.2 New Delhi
Iran 1,648,000 68,467,413 41.5 Tehran
Maldives 300 320,165 1,067.2 Malé
Nepal 140,800 25,873,917 183.8 Kathmandu
Pakistan 803,940 147,663,429 183.7 Islamabad
Sri Lanka 65,610 19,576,783 298.4 Kotte

Western Asia:

Armenia[25] 29,800 3,330,099 111.7 Yerevan
Azerbaijan[26] 46,870 3,845,127 82.0 Baku
Bahrain 665 656,397 987.1 Manama
Cyprus[27] 9,250 775,927 83.9 Nicosia
Gaza[28] 363 1,203,591 3,315.7 Gaza
Georgia[29] 20,460 2,032,004 99.3 Tbilisi
Iraq 437,072 24,001,816 54.9 Baghdad
Israel 20,770 6,029,529 290.3 Jerusalem[30]
Jordan 92,300 5,307,470 57.5 Amman
Kuwait 17,820 2,111,561 118.5 Kuwait City
Lebanon 10,452 3,677,780 353.6 Beirut
Oman 212,460 2,713,462 12.8 Muscat
Qatar 11,437 793,341 69.4 Doha
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 23,513,330 12.0 Riyadh
Syria 185,180 17,155,814 92.6 Damascus
Turkey[31] 756,768 57,855,068 76.5 Ankara
United Arab Emirates 82,880 2,445,989 29.5 Abu Dhabi
West Bank[32] 5,860 2,303,660 393.1 —
Yemen 527,970 18,701,257 35.4 Sanaá

Not sure why they list Egypt there. It's in Africa, and even the title says Northern Africa.

 

[LancsLad]

It's just that I associated Asia with China, Japan, India, etc... Didn't realize it extended that far west.

So, technically it would be correct so say that an Iraqi is Asian....


lol, I must REALLY be ignorant. I just found out that Russia is in Asia too... All along I thought it was Eastern Europe...


Take a look at how many countries are in Asia! :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia

Actually, all the land mass to the East of the Channel is essentially Asia, isn't it???????????

 

[Cobster]

Me thinks Stinkynuts needs to watch less beastiality videos online and read more geography 101 literature.

Although, that said, I will admit that I'm surprised that Egypt and Russia are considered part of "Asia", wtf?
But Iraq? Pfff, easy. lol

 

[Esco!]

It's just that I associated Asia with China, Japan, India, etc... Didn't realize it extended that far west.
So, technically it would be correct so say that an Iraqi is Asian....

At the same time you are kinda right. Yes technically Iraq is part of Asia but most people refer Iraq as being part of the Middle East.

lol, I must REALLY be ignorant. I just found out that Russia is in Asia too... All along I thought it was Eastern Europe...

Again, you're being too hard on yourself, western Russia (I think up to and including Moscow) is still considered part of Europe.
Russia is included into European qualifying by FIFA and not Asia.
See here: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/group?league=uefa.euroq&stageId=uefa.euroq.group5.2008&cc=5739

Not sure why they list Egypt there. It's in Africa, and even the title says Northern Africa.

Did you know countries like Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico.....etc are officially considered to be part of North-America??? Its true, see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America

But in practice everyone thinks of them as Central America, so its really irrelevant what the textbooks say.

 

[a 1 player]

I thought Asia was a rock band.

 

[Berlin]

... and I thought Asia's a wild gal.

http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebs/asiaargento/asia_argento_2.jpg

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

Did you know countries like Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico.....etc are officially considered to be part of North-America??? Its true, see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America

But in practice everyone thinks of them as Central America, so its really irrelevant what the textbooks say.

I'm surprised anyone would consider Mexico anything but part of NA.

 

[TQM]

correction on Russia

Russia is both in Asia and in Europe.

 

[hunter001]

I'm surprised anyone would consider Mexico anything but part of NA.

I was wondering why they were part of NAFTA.

 

[Questor]

I heard that Iraq won the Asia Cup in soccer, and I'm thinking to myself, since when is Iraq part of Asia? lol. Yeah, the middle east is part of Asia...

Well, culturally it is so different from other countries that we usually think of when we think of Asia, its not surprising that there is at least momentary confusion around the point. But if you think of it for more than 2 seconds, what continent did you think it was part of? Europe? Africa?

 

[Questor]

At the same time you are kinda right. Yes technically Iraq is part of Asia but most people refer Iraq as being part of the Middle East.

Again, you're being too hard on yourself, western Russia (I think up to and including Moscow) is still considered part of Europe.
Russia is included into European qualifying by FIFA and not Asia.
See here: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/group?league=uefa.euroq&stageId=uefa.euroq.group5.2008&cc=5739

Did you know countries like Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico.....etc are officially considered to be part of North-America??? Its true, see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America

But in practice everyone thinks of them as Central America, so its really irrelevant what the textbooks say.

Good point. For most people, Middle Eastern countries are not strongly associated with Asia, just as Central American countries are not associated with North America. Both the Middle East and Central America can be thought of as regions belonging to their respective continents.