Beata Harvest
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Why are asians sometimes called "oriental"?
Oriental means literally, from the east, while Occidental means from the west. When european kingdoms ruled the world, europe was considered the center of the world, so everything to the east was called oriental, and to the west, occidental.
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