This site generally considers the Caucasus to be part of Europe, as does the rest of the internet increasingly it seems.
Personally, I always considered them to be part of Asia, not the Middle East though. Started to think I might have to give in and join in with Jetpunk's border scheme.
They're featured on the Middle East map quiz. Whether or not they are Asia or Europe doesn't really matter that much except perhaps from a historical perspective since the "Near East," "Middle East," and "Far East" were defined by their relative position to Europe.
What's so absurd about it being in the Middle east? All those European cultural ties, that your side use as a "proof" that it belongs to Europe, come from it being a former crusader state, the last bastion of Christianity and European culture east of Constantinople. And where do you think the Crusades took place? That's right, in the Middle east.
Strange that you need to spell Beirut incorrectly (Bierut) for it to be accepted but the answer appears with the correct spelling. Perhaps this was just me?!
I can accept - although not happily - that Cyprus is counted as part of Asia, but "middle-east" is mostly used in political or cultural context. And in that sense, Cyprus doesn't belong.
It's factually incorrect to call Jerusalem the capital of the Palestinian Territories. It's the capital of Israel, and Israel only. Either the Palestinian Territories should be excluded from the quiz, or they should be included as a separate entry.
The de facto capital of the Palestinian Territories is Ramallah, no? Either the entry for Palestinian Territories should be separated from Israel and Ramallah set as its answer, or else the Palestinian Territories should be removed from this quiz.
The latter is probably the stronger choice. After all, unlike every other entry in this quiz, the Palestinian Territories are manifestly not a country that exists in real life.
https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Caucasus-the-Middle-East
Personally, I always considered them to be part of Asia, not the Middle East though. Started to think I might have to give in and join in with Jetpunk's border scheme.
The latter is probably the stronger choice. After all, unlike every other entry in this quiz, the Palestinian Territories are manifestly not a country that exists in real life.