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unusual facts about West Asia



Asians in Germany

These numbers do not include Western Asians such as Turks, Arabs or Iranians, however, they contain certain groups like Afghans or ethnic Russians from Central Asian countries who are not specifically "Asian" by culture.

European Yo-Yo Championship

The organizer let only European players compete in all divisions expect Open, but the registration rule shows some non-European countries like Armenia in West Asia and past Republics of the Soviet Union are able to compete.

Timeline of everyday innovation in South and West Asia

1400–1800 CE Pajamas: The original paijama are loose, lightweight trousers fitted with drawstring waistbands and worn in South and West Asia by both sexes.


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Genetically modified wheat

It is theorized that wheat's ancestors (Triticum monococcum, Aegilops speltoides, and Aegilops tauschii, all diploid grasses) hybridized naturally over millennia somewhere in West Asia, to create natural polyploid hybrids, the best known of which are common wheat and durum wheat.

Red-wattled Lapwing

It breeds from West Asia (Iraq, SW Iran, the Arabian/Persian Gulf) eastwards across South Asia (Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the entire Indian subcontinent up to Kanyakumari and up to 1800m in Kashmir/Nepal), with another sub-species further east in Southeast Asia.

Timeline of cultivation and domestication in South and West Asia

9th millennium BCE: Barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) is domesticated in the Fertile Crescent in West Asia.