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Asia is planet's earth largest continent with a plethora of different peoples. Everyone from Syrians to Chinese to Malaysians are considered "Asian". You need to be more specific.

I don't understand your question. You're asking for a non-asian country that has similar culture to the entire continent of asia??

umm....that's a little broad don't you think?

Ok Mongoloid looking people.

so....mongolian people?

Do u know what is Mongoloid ? Which countries belonging to Mongoloid looking ppl ?

china, korea, japan, tibet, mongolia?....

Vietnamese too ? The tell me

I guess japanese are similar to germans in that they both believed in racial supremacy, were part of the axis of evil, and have really weird porn...

Ma friend,pls think deeper.

I guess thai pr0n is pretty fu-ked up too...

Say pls some intelligent guess.

I have no fuking clue what you just said.

russian think most like asian. they're cerebral in nature

madagascar

East Europe shares some similar values with East Asia.

Oceania

Hmmm I think you could say that a lot of traditional cultures share similar values with traditional cultures in East Asia, regardless of the location: importance of family, respect for elders and ancestors, collectivism (in order to survive), etc.

i guess germans are kinda like the japanese

they've got that same intense work ethic and desire for efficiency thing going on

Oceania & Madagascar have similarities to Island Southeast Asia. The languages & original culture are similar, but Island Southeast Asia has influences from Mainland Asia which changed the culture.

But I thought mongolians were crockasians.

Definetly I would say much of Russia and Eastern Europe. Especially pre 1990

need to be more specific and also the border is uncleared so i guess kazhak , azerbaijan can be considered since most people put them as europe

Which "Mongoloid" looking people? The ones living in the Turko-Mongol sphere, the Sinosphere, or the Indosphere?

Mexico.

Mexicans remind me of the Japanese in many ways.

Really? Never heard that one before...

Anyway, it's always possible to find similarities. For example, the similar cultures in North Eurasia, where non-"Mongoloid looking" peoples have a somewhat similar culture to "Mongoloid looking" peoples. Those so called "Mongoloid looking" people living there has little similarity culturally with East Asians, though. There really is a pan-Artic similarity to some degree, regardless of the lack of genetic relation. Most of these peoples live in the Russian Federation, of course.

If we mean pan-Asian, then...

-The aborigines of South & Southeast Asia have a similar culture to the aborigines of Australia.
-The Siberians have a similar culture to the Native Americans.
-The Turks of West & Central Asia have a similar culture to the Turks in the European part of Turkey.
-The Arabs in Western Asia have a similar culture to the Arabs of North Africa.
-The Russians of Siberia have a similar culture to the Russians in the European part of Russia.
-The Greeks of Cyprus & Asia Minor have a similar culture to the Greeks of Greece.

And so on...

Russia, Canada and North America...im talking about native culture

Yah, me neither.

I just made it up.

That's a pretty broad generalization there. Do you mean ALL Native Americans, or just a few? Because you'll find vast differences between an Inuit and say, a Kayapo, who I'd say have far more in common with Austronesians in Oceania. You can't lump all NAs together; it would be like grouping all Europeans and Asians as one.

Suriname of South America

Official/Recognized Languages:
Dutch, Sranan Tongo, Hindi, English, Sarnami, Javanese, Indonesian, Bhojpuri, Hakka, Cantonese, Saramaccan, Paramaccan, Ndyuka, Kwinti, Matawai, Cariban, Arawakan Kalina

I was referring the the natives of North America (USA and Canada).

You're probably referring to Plains Indians. They do not account for every nation on each country in North America. Tainos, Ojibwe, and Yaqui are worlds apart. Like I said, Native Americans are so diverse you can't classify them all in one group. They speak different languages, have different beliefs, different lifestyles, diets, and so on. It's kind of like when people say "Asia" and think of only China and Japan. You know better than anyone else that the word "Asia" encompasses far more than just the far east, so please stop generalizing!

I can give you specific examples of the differences between Native American nations if you need me to. You'll be surprised.

Good list, though I would question that one.

Also, how exactly does one define "western", since that begs the question? European derived cultures? Western leaning? By many definitions, Japan is considered a western nation economically and to an extent socially due to it's form of government and ideals.

Due we use colonialism and religion as a base as well? Do we use, dare I say...Race as a metric?

How is it done?

In case you haven't already noticed, I also generalized the Siberians and pretty much every other group of people I mentioned. In fact, this whole thread is full of generalizations. What makes the natives of North America an exception? What makes you think similar differences don't exist among the Siberians, or the Aborigines, or any other peoples I mentioned?


By "West & Central Asia", I was referring to West Asia and Central Asia, not the "Western" world.

If I had to generalize, I'd say the "Western world" refers to either European-derived cultures, lands where people of European descent are the majority, or lands where the majority language is a European language. But then again, there is debate over whether Eastern Europe should be considered part of the "Western world", so then we'd have to limited it more specifically to Western European derived cultures.

Native Americans aren't an exception. I know you generalized just about every group in the list, I just felt you should know there are vast differences between the different Native Americans since I know the most about them out of all on groups mentioned on the list. I really can't comment on Middle Easterners or Aborigines since I haven't learned much about them. If you haven't noticed, I only singled out that part of your post. At most, I skimmed over the rest, paying very little attention. In short, I want to educate you about the differences. You know A LOT about Middle East, South and Central Asian history and culture, I'll give you credit there, but seem to know very little to nothing about NA. I have respect for you, and that's why I would never try to debate with you over Indian or Bengali history; you'd crush me with knowledge. So no, I'm not attacking you.

It might be a site for children, but I think it does a good enough job at summarizing the different nations and their ways of life: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/Indians/navigatio...rican_chart.htm Nothing too in depth, but a good starting point for anyone wanting to learn about Native American living. Now I never claimed to be an expert on the subject, but I'm sure I know more than you. Still, I have a lot to learn myself.

Fair enough. I'll admit my knowledge of the New World in pre-Columbian times is rather limited, as I'm not from America and usually concentrate more on the Old World.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the majority of Native Americans descended from migrants who came from Siberia thousands of years ago? If so, I don't think my generalized comparison between Siberians and Native Americans would have been that far off the mark?

Yes, the bering strait theory goes something like that. Supposedly, Native Americans migrated from Siberia via the bering strait between 11,000-17,000 years ago, although scientists are constantly changing these numbers. There were three seperate waves. The first wave came into a land populated by large mammals, so hunting was a way of life. Clovis culture has been dated back to these times. These Native Americans spread through the hemisphere, as far south as the Tierra Del Fuego. Hunting bison is thought to be a way of life dating back to those times. The second wave was thought to live around Canada and Alaska and eventually spread to the American southwest and northwest. These migrants are thought to be ancestral to modern Navajo and Apache. We call this Athabaskan migration. The third wave, which includes eskimos and aleuts, crossed the bering strait after the land bridge disappeared. They are the last to migrate and share the most with Siberians and other minorities in Russia.

There is a growing theory that the Americas might have been populated by migrants from Oceania, who were in turn displaced by the later Siberian settlers. There are South American sites, such as Monte Verde, that predate Clovis remains by thousands of years. They also found a skull by Rio that resembled Austronesian types, instead of Siberian. No one knows the answer yet.

Interesting. Do you think there might be a relationship between the tribal cultures of Southeast Asia (pre-dating the arrival of Indians, Chinese, Arabs or Europeans) and the indigenous natives of South America?

i never heard of those cultures being similar, but simple rainforest cultures may look similar to others but i think almost all tribes of SEA are all agricultural societies
they are somehow similar in appearance tho
both are mongoloids who move south thus developed similar features "Convergent Evolution" due to similar latitude and climate