> To wit, every definition of Asia also includes the Arabian Peninsula Specifically the first definition, it refers to Anatolia or the Persian empire (https://

> To wit, every definition of Asia also includes the Arabian Peninsula Specifically the first definition, it refers to Anatolia or the Persian empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_continent_name_etymologies#Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_continent_name_etymolo...) and the definition expanded from there as more and more land was being discovered. Then our terrible and arbitrary definitions of a continent got thrown into the mix.