On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of Oriental chicken salad, the Western World.

The term oriental is often used to describe objects from the Orient. Administrative Dioceses of the Roman Empire, c. The Land of the Rising Sun” to refer to Japan. Historically, the Mashriq was the southern part of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Many ancient temples, including pagan temples and the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, were built with their main entrances facing the East. This tradition was carried on in Christian churches. English, in favour of “Western world”. Late Roman Diocese of the Orient, c. Over time, the common understanding of “the Orient” has continually shifted eastwards, as European people travelled farther into Asia. It finally reached the Pacific Ocean, in what Westerners came to call “the Far East”.