Technically incorrect, regarding Asia Minor. Asia Minor was/is just the Anatolian Peninsula. The rest would've been different things at different times, but "the Levant" is a pretty good catch-all.
Works for me! The Levantine peoples or the more Northern Anatolians all fit the bill better than Asians. Even the Silk Road walkers were more likely to be called Asian by todays standards.
Still an odd thing that some Israelis could want to be known as. An important set of geographies to be sure but the modern term of Asian really doesn't pick up until East of India.
Asia Minor is what that entire Middle Eastern area is known as in older maps.
So yeah, I suppose you can call Israelis Asian if you add the Minor part into the mix.
You can call anyone from that region Asian Minor I reckon.
What's at the bottom of this particular dumpster fire? Are Asians cooler or something??
Technically incorrect, regarding Asia Minor. Asia Minor was/is just the Anatolian Peninsula. The rest would've been different things at different times, but "the Levant" is a pretty good catch-all.
Works for me! The Levantine peoples or the more Northern Anatolians all fit the bill better than Asians. Even the Silk Road walkers were more likely to be called Asian by todays standards.
Still an odd thing that some Israelis could want to be known as. An important set of geographies to be sure but the modern term of Asian really doesn't pick up until East of India.
No its Le-VAHN-tine… osa…