Word: eurasia
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...Continents have become classifications of convention, rather than strict geography. If continents were simply “continuous bodies of land,” as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, there would be only four—America, Antarctica, Afro-Eurasia, and Australia. Since that is not the case, it is clear that “continent” now includes national political borders, language isoglosses, and historical circumstances. For example, although Greenland is physically closer to North America, it is a Danish province, and thus a part of the European continent...
...Saudis might find it politically difficult to change their position without consulting fellow OPEC members - who would surely reject the idea - says Greg Priddy, energy analyst for the Eurasia Group in Washington. "It would be a real loss of face if all of a sudden they would reverse course unilaterally," he says. Cheney's visit to Riyadh might be too late, says Priddy, adding about U.S. officials: "If they were going to ask [for increased oil production] they should have asked a month...
...Indian-Americans should be allowed to apply because any reasonable usage of the term ‘Caucasian’ would include most Indians.” Many anthropologists and biologists believe that those who live in present day India and Pakistan are genetically Caucasian, having emigrated from Western Eurasia centuries ago. “Any other usage would reveal the true purpose of this scholarship, which is to stoke racial tensions,” Warrier added. —Staff writer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pbhayani@fas.harvard.edu...
...easier to jointly impose sanctions now that Iran is viewed as responsible for mayhem in Lebanon. But what then? Take a look at a map. Iran is an oil-rich nation that borders Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq, among others. It has a strategic position in Eurasia that cannot be wished away. European officials talk of a "constructive dialogue" with Tehran that involves recognizing it as an important regional power while maintaining the right to sanction it if it breaks the nuclear rules. But Israel--along with many supporters in the U.S.--thinks dialogue with a nation whose leader...
...said that one key factor determining a civilization’s success is the number of animal and plant species that can be easily domesticated. And he said that, of the 14 animals that are easiest to domesticate and that are most useful to humans, 12 resided in Eurasia. (Two useful types of llamas were only indigenous to the New World, he said.) Diamond also said that Eurasia’s horizontal orientation was conducive to trade and the exchange of knowledge because agricultural innovations at one location could be transmitted to another point on the continent that...