Orient
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title:
Orient
text:
The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term Occident, which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia – loosely classified into Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and sometimes including the Caucasus. Originally, the term Orient was used to designate only the Near East, but l
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wiki
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description:
Archaic term for the Eastern world
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient
date created:
2003-06-06T16:15:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T08:14:49Z
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