What does the Far East mean?

"Far East" generally includes today's East Asia (including eastern Russia), Southeast Asia and South Asia, namely Afghanistan, east of Kazakhstan, north of Australia, west of the Pacific Ocean and south of the Arctic Ocean.

Far East is a general term for the easternmost part of Asia when western countries began to expand eastward. They regard Europe as the center, and call Southeast Europe and Northeast Africa "Near East", West Asia as "Middle East" and the farther East as "Far East".

Extended data:

Near East 1

The Near East refers to the eastern coastal areas of the Mediterranean, including northeast Africa and southwest Asia, and sometimes the Balkans besides Iran and Afghanistan. The Middle East is an ill-defined region, including the African country Egypt, while West Asia is a purely geographical term, which means the southwest end of Asia.

2. Middle East

The Middle East, also known as the Middle East, refers to the eastern and southern Mediterranean, from the eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, to most parts of West Asia and North Africa, including parts of West Asia and Africa, Egypt, about 24 countries, with a population of 360 million.

The climate types in the Middle East are mainly tropical desert climate, Mediterranean climate and temperate continental climate. Among them, the tropical desert climate is the most widely distributed.

Connecting Asia, Europe and Africa, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and connecting Europe and Asia, the Middle East has been the transportation hub of East and West since ancient times, and is located in the land of "two oceans, three continents and five seas". Its strategic position is extremely important. The competition for precious fresh water resources and oil resources, as well as religious and cultural differences, have led to wars all the year round.

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