Geographical Asia is a cultural artifact of European conceptions of the world, beginning with the Ancient Greeks, being imposed onto other cultures, an imprecise concept causing endemic contention about what it means.
dʒˌɪəɡɹˈæfɪkəl ˈeɪʒə ɪz ɐ kˈʌltʃɚɹəl ˈɑːɹɾɪfˌækt ʌv jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən kənsˈɛpʃənz ʌvðə wˈɜːld, bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ wɪððɪ ˈeɪntʃənt ɡɹˈiːks, bˌiːɪŋ ɪmpˈoʊzd ˌɑːntʊ ˈʌðɚ kˈʌltʃɚz, ɐn ˌɪmpɹɪsˈaɪs kˈɑːnsɛpt kˈɔːzɪŋ ɛndˈɛmɪk kəntˈɛnʃən ɐbˌaʊt wʌt ɪt mˈiːnz.