Map of Asia, the Middle East was cropped right out of the map of "Asia".
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Via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Asia-map.png" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Asia-map.png">en:Image:Asia-map.png</a>: cropped from <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/pdf/asia.pdf">https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/pdf/asia.pdf</a>, rendered at 250% magnification in Acrobat Reader —<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Veliath" class="extiw" title="en:User:Veliath">Veliath</a> 18:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)