Sept. 25, 2000
4:23 a.m.
Paul Eggert said:
Cyprus is clearly in Asia, and this has long been recognized. For example, please see Herodotus, Histories, I.72.
Hmm, it's less than clear that the "classical" boundary between Europe and Asia was the same as today's. Wasn't anything east of Greece "Asia" ? And I know that "Africa" excluded Morocco, for example. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <clive@demon.net> | Tel: +44 20 8371 1138 Internet Expert | Home: <clive@davros.org> | Fax: +44 20 8371 1037 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | DFax: +44 20 8371 4037 Thus plc | | Mobile: +44 7973 377646