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Originally posted by -ToxicGuy-
I'm sorry, but I don't see it at all. Yes you are technically living on the Asian continent, but real Asians have pretty much nothing to do with Middle East or the region around it. If you think about it people from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc are pretty much Asian, also looks wise. But the Soviet culture left its mark on their culture so I don't really consider them Asian. It is about which culture/civilization shaped your life/culture and not about look, location etc.
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But Asian and middle eastern civilizations worked together for centuries sis. it's not just because in our modern times both are separated culturally and economically that we should forget about the history between both.
I mean the
Silk Road alone shaped and changed the region forever.
Also
Genghis Khan's impact in the middle east is something you cannot deny. I mean in Turkey about 50% of you guys have Mongolian DNA because of him. (i don't remember the exact percentage lol but i remember it was really high...he was one dirty boy

).
Also
Baghdad was the center of knowledge and asians scholars and intellects lived there and exchanged knowledge for hundreds of years.
You guys really are more related and similar then you may think and both cultures truly have benefited from each other even before globalization.