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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mystery Solver: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: The whole origin of Asiatic is built on the misnomer SW Asia/Middle East/etc. [b]If the people there are Asians why aren't they just called Asians?[/b] Why aren't Chinese or Japanese called Asiatic? The name makers know that aren't describing a people of Asia, hence the roundabout way of introducing Asia affiliation to things African, i.e. Afro-Asian/Afro-Asia/Afro-Asiatic for a language spoken nowhere in Asia and originating in north east Africa. So why is Asia so prominently spelled out in the terminology Afro-Asian/Afro-Asia/Afro-Asiatic while Africa is only hinted at in the prefix? [/QUOTE]^ Yep. I kind a figured that to be true. 'Asiatic' means of Asia, but I thought this is in regards to ancient times. Hence, ancient Indians if present in the Fertile Crescent would be Asiatic as well or Chinese.[/QUOTE]You say that "Asiatic' means "of Asia". To that, I figure that the post you're replying to asks a good question abouts its usage, as highlighted. Put it this way: What then is the difference between "Asiatic" and "Asian", if "Asiatic" means "of Asia", as you put it? [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: ...but I thought this [b]is in regards to ancient times.[/b] Hence, ancient Indians if present in the Fertile Crescent would be Asiatic as well or Chinese.[/QUOTE]Brings us back to the point of the intro notes; where is "Asiatic" attested to in the Nile Valley [and anywhere else of antiquity for that matter], or through what concept? [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: Hence, ancient Indians [b]**if** present[/b] in the [b]Fertile Crescent would be Asiatic[/b] as well or Chinese[/QUOTE]Could be misreading your intention here, in which case, clarification is in order, but it seems like you are making a qualifier here: That if one were an inhabitant of the Fertile Crescent in *antiquity*, presumably, then that makes one "Asiatic". Whereas if one were not an inhabitant of this geographical entity, then one ceases to be "Asiatic". Therefore the logic goes: Are you suggesting that "Asiatic" only refers to the Fertile Crescent, that this needs to be of antiquity, and that anything beyond this ceases to be "Asiatic"? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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