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Where do the terms Middle East and Far East come from?

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Where do the terms Middle East and Far East come from?

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These terms relate to the Prime Meridian. If the South Pole were at the top then our Middle East would be the United States and our Far East, Britain. What is generally understood as the Far East” is our Near West.

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