Middle East Nobody in the world ever calls the Middle East as a subcontinent other than the Wikipedia  Although google searches for Middle East subcontinent return a large number a slightly careful reading will show that they are actually referring to Middle East  Subcontinent ie sections of websites devoted to the Middle East AND the Indian subcontinent  In that context I would like to remove the pointless misinformative confusing and downright WRONG characterization  presence of the Middle East in this article