Where am I?
(an easy one as I have very little time this morning)
Well, your place is lovely, Dutchy. An easy one? Let's try Persia/Iran or India.
You're heading in the right direction Letty, but not one of the three you mentioned.
It looks like a mosque in the Middle East, Dutchy. Is it?
Not a mosque in the Middle East, but (hint) a grave-site.
Rather like the Taj Mahal, I guess. OK, let's go for location. Is the grave site in the Middle East?
Yes, it is a similar building to the Taj Mahal, but not not in the middle east.
Well, I could guess all day, Dutchy, but I will try Africa.
Not Africa. Hint, in the direction where "spidergal" lives.
I said IN the direction, you're almost there.
I have no idea, Dutchy. Thailand?
Hint: India's immediate neighbour.
Hey, satt. I guess I will have to ask the map question. Is it somewhere on this map, Dutchy?
satt, Dutchy ruled out the Middle East.
Letty wrote:satt, Dutchy ruled out the Middle East.
The lists I've seen don't place Pakistan among
countries of the Middle East, but of South Asia.
Sorry for the delay, but satt got it correct, it is in Pakistan.
How odd. This map shows Pakistan as being part of the Middle East.
Oh, well. I would like to know whose grave site.
Dear Letty, I have never thought Pakistan to be part of the middle east, I believe the middle east to be as described in the Wikipedia Encyclopedia:
In the Western world, the Middle East is generally thought of as a predominantly Islamic Arabic community defined by frequent war. However the area encompasses many distinct cultural and ethnic groups, including the Africans, Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Azeris, Berbers, Chaldeans, Druze, Greeks, Jews, Kurds, Maronites, Persians and Turks. The main language groups include: Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian (also known as Aramaic and Syriac), Hebrew, Farsi (Persian), Kurdish and Turkish. The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner.
Most Western definitions of the "Middle East" ?- in both established reference books and common usage ?- define the region as 'nations in Southwest Asia, from Iran (Persia) to Egypt'. Egypt, with its Sinai Peninsula in Asia, is often considered part of the 'Middle East', although most of the country lies geographically in North Africa. North African nations without Asian links, such as Libya, Tunisia and Algeria, are increasingly being called North African ?- as opposed to Middle Eastern (Iran (Persia) to Egypt-Asia) ?- by international media outlets. However, North African countries can also be considered part of the middle east.
One widely used definition of "Middle East" is that of the airline industry, maintained by the IATA standards organization. This definition ?- as of early 2006 ?- includes Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (Persia), Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. [1] This definition is used in world-wide airfare and tax calculations for passengers and cargo.
