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Adam Zeidan
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Adam Zeidan is an Assistant Managing Editor, having joined Encyclopædia Britannica in 2018. He covers a range of topics related primarily to the Middle East and North Africa.
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![Topography of South Asia](https://cdn.britannica.com/48/108248-050-DEF296A0/Comptons-Topographic-India.jpg?w=320&h=240)
Indian subcontinent, subregion of Asia, consisting at least of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and other areas may also be included in some uses of the term, which is frequently, but not always, interchangeable with the term South Asia. The region was called simply…
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