Eastern culture

geographic and cultural region; collective term for the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only

geographical idiom

set of philosophies originating in Asia

thumb|Ancient Orient of the Roman Empire and its ecclesiastical order after the [[Council of Chalcedon, 451|300x300px]] 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.

thumb|300x300px|Jean-Léon Gérôme, [[The Snake Charmer, . Clark Art Institute.]] In art history, literature, and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. Orientalist painting, particularly of the Middle East, was one of the many specialties of 19th-century academic art, and Western literature was influenced by a similar interest in Oriental themes.

thumb|Chinese dragons, legendary creatures in Sinosphere mythology and culture thumb|A map of the families of List of writing systems|writing systems in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Red: [[Chinese characters; Green: Brahmi script; Blue: Aramaic (Mongolian script, Manchu alphabet, Old Uyghur alphabet, and Arabic script).]] thumb|Map of the Sinosphere nations (Japan, Korea, China and Vietnam) in the 11th century The Sinosphere, also known as the Chinese cultural sphere, East Asian cultural sphere, or the Sinic world, encompasses multiple countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia th

countries with an originally Asian shared culture

Asia's predicted cultural and economic dominance in the 21st century

political ideology that arose in the 1990s, which defined elements of society, culture, and history common to the nations of Southeast Asia and East Asia

religions that originated in East, South and Southeast Asia

book by Gérard de Nerval

novel by Edmondo de Amicis