01-27-2018, 01:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
Sorry, "Orient" is an archaic use for "Near East" which Dubai is part of...I'm Old School when it comes to geographical and cultural terms...
"Orientals" are now considered to be "Far Easterners" ...but it didn't used to be this way...
Occident (Europe)
Orient (Near East)
Far East (China, Japan,etc)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_studies
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Porta...and_literature
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