Quote Originally Posted by Strong Girl Daken View Post
The Middle East is a region named from a colonial perspective and doesn't make much sense (what is it in the middle of? what is it East of?). There has been an effort to refer to the region as North Africa and East Asia because it is more accurate and specific. Middle East is still widely used, though.
Dammit, you know I’m not that interested in the book when I start quibbling over semantics.