Why isn't the Middle East a separate continent?

“Continent” is primarily a term from physical geography, describing land areas separated from others by significant barriers. read more

So they got their own “continent”! w00t!! The Middle East is culturally distinct from South and East Asia, to be sure, but it is very similar to North Africa (Egypt, Libya, etc.), with which it is frequently included. read more

The idea of continent isn’t really well defined, yet by no definition Europe is a continent. It’s a cultural region that was called a continent in the past but that’s not a geographical thing. Like Europe, Middle East is a region and I have to agree that Middle East has the same merits as Europe in geographical definitions. read more

Why isn't Northwest Africa a seperate continent. Its culture (around the old Carthage Republic) is very much different and more like Europe. You just can't lump Middle Eastern, Russian, East Asian, South Asian, South East Asia, Central Asia, ect. into one branch of cultures. They are far too different. read more