West Asia

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West Asia is often interchanged with the term “—”. However, the latter is a geographical term used by the — and is said to have originated from the British India Office in the 1850s.

Middle East Europeans

During the exploration and colonization of the West, they used the terms “—” to refer to the eastern part of Asia and “Middle East” in reference to the transcontinental area in-between the Arab Peninsula and India.

Far Eastern

Both the terms Middle East and West Asia encompass some similar countries making them interchangeable. Still, in reference to the geographical location, the term — is more appropriate to use.

West Asia

According to National Geographic(2018) one of the key characteristics of a civilization is a system of —.

communication

, the first system of writing was said to be invented by the — around 3500 BC.

Cuneiform Sumerians in Mesopotamia

Its name was coined to describe the WEDGE-SHAPED, logo-syllabic scripts impressed upon by clay tablets.

Cuneiform

– Sumerian epic poetry written in cuneiform, considered the oldest surviving literary piece.

Epic of Gilgamesh

Bible – the most westernized piece of Asian literature.

The Arabian Nights or (The One Thousand and One Nights)

Despite — being the DAWN OF CIVILIZATION and having a good body of literary texts and historical facts that prove its excellence, the dominion and influence of the Western part of the world could not be denied.

West Asia

In the book called — published in 1978 by —, a Palestinian-American professor of literature at Columbia University, elaborated the concept of 1— as the way in which the Westerners view the Orientals (that is, the Middle East, but also includes other Asian and African societies) as exotic, barbaric, backward, and INFERIOR, and therefore needed SAVING and HELP from the more advanced people of the West.

Orientalism Edward Said

Orientalism is an idea that can be seen in paintings, photographs, and literary pieces that present the East as having a —, sometimes to the point of being savage and dangerous.

backward culture

In literature, for instance, Western writers tend to portray the East as magically — It is the same exoticism that enthralled the Westerners when the retelling of The Arabian Nights was first published in Europe.

dangerous and exotic.

is a school of thought aimed to QUESTION the MISINTERPRETATION molded by the EUROPEANS to people.

Orientalism

is the geographically correct term to use to refer to the countries found on the western side of the Asian continent.

West Asia

All in all, there are — countries in this region.

—, the cradle of civilization, now known as —, is found in West Asia. Despite it being the place where civilization started, all supported by discovered artifacts and a rich body of literary texts, the region, along with the whole Asian continent, still fell into the dominion and influence of the Western world.

Mesopotamia Iraq

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