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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Yes, but you could almost call Israelis "oriental," considering the fact that their territory is situated in the Orient.
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Well, Set the Way Back Machine to 1652. How old is that map? Yes, the Middle East was considered the Orient once, but I think it refers to Eastern Asian as of late.
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Traditionally, the Orient referred primarily to the cultures and countries of what are now considered the Middle East... As awareness of the countries of Eastern Asia grew in Western European and American consciousness in the late 19th century, the term came to refer to China, Japan, Korea, and surrounding nations.
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