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Was this a term coined by the many communities that spanned this great continent, or was it a Western invention, imposed upon those lands and populations that were so ‘other’ to themselves?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that ‘Asia’ is a European creation, and goes back in time to show how and when this term was invented. Unknown to ‘Asians’ until the 19th century, it grouped together a vast area of diverse cultures and peoples who were simply identified as ‘the other’ in a world dominated by Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArguing that far from being fixed and separate, Bowring shows how peoples of Europe and Asia flowed fluidly back and forth across the land mass over millennia. 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