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The Far East is an English term (with equivalents in various languages of Europe and Asia; Chinese: ??; pinyin: yu?n d?ng; literally: "far east") mostly describing East Asia (including Northeast Asia), Southeast Asia, and the Russian Far East (part of North Asia, a.k.a. Siberia)[1] with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.[2]

The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 12th century, denoting the Far East as the "farthest" of the three "easts", beyond the Near East and the


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Middle East.
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The Middle East[note 1] (also called the Mid East) is a region centered on Western Asia and Egypt. The eurocentric term is used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
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and all this time i just realized my error,
the middle east is EAST OFAMERICA NOT WEST
epic fail on my part XDDDDDD
i guess i was a little drunk when i made that lol.
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No, it is OK, people make mistakes.
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