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This article is part of the series on Eastern culture Culture,
Society, Philosophy, Medicine, Religion, Cinema Asian art,
culture, Korea, China, Philippines, India, Japan, Vietnam
Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Sikhism
West/East distinction  Eastern world, The Orient, Orientalism
</font> The term Eastern world refers very broadly to the
various cultures, social structures and philosophical systems of
"the East", namely Asia (including China, India, Japan, and
surrounding regions).  Concept of "the East"Edit  The division
between "East" and "West" is a product of European cultural
history, and of the distinction between European Christendom and
the alien cultures beyond it to the East. Before the discovery
of the Americas and the exploration of Sub-Saharan Africa by the
Europeans, only North Africa and other Islamic countries to the
East were known in detail, though India and China were vaguely
known of. The crusades establis