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Feb 14 * Andy Songtsen
Feb 10 * rhon64 Zhou
Feb 08 * jan Jampa
Feb 02 * Kim-Chi Taejon
Feb 01 * mm Matsudaira
Jan 24 * WantuSing Song
Jan 24 * Maemi Minamoto
Jan 18 * BeeMan Tang
Jan 17 * =^..^=___~~~ Ming
Jan 15 * Kyia Hideyoshi

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55 Oriental Families
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Song ( 167 members)
Zopa ( 142 members)
Khan ( 141 members)
Ashoka ( 124 members)
Chi ( 116 members)
Wu ( 93 members)
Minamoto ( 92 members)
Qin ( 91 members)
Tokugawa ( 83 members)
Wang ( 81 members)
Xie ( 77 members)
Tang ( 77 members)
Ming ( 76 members)
Ashikaga ( 69 members)
Murasaka ( 66 members)
Zhou ( 64 members)
Han ( 62 members)
Hideyoshi ( 54 members)
Shikibu ( 53 members)
Lim ( 53 members)
Kanishka ( 50 members)
Vardhana ( 47 members)
Gupta ( 44 members)
Nobunaga ( 42 members)
Shang ( 40 members)
Diponogoro ( 35 members)
Kotoku ( 35 members)
Lapu ( 35 members)
Tilak ( 35 members)
Nguyen ( 34 members)
Matsudaira ( 33 members)
Feng ( 31 members)
Temur ( 29 members)
Kaundinya ( 28 members)
Hatakeyama ( 28 members)
Malla ( 26 members)
Hosokawa ( 26 members)
Chung ( 25 members)
Jampa ( 24 members)
Jimmu ( 24 members)
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Check out the Featured Places in The Orient:
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AngkorPersp.gif Cambodia Angkor
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00054488_000.GIF The Orient Korea
00054488_000.GIF The Orient Mongolia
00054486_000.GIF The Orient Vietnam

The 18 Realms of The Orient
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00054486_000.GIF The Philippines
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00054486_000.GIF Thailand
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News of The Orient...
Another GoldFest Win for the Orient!
Dateline: The Orient, Nov 7, 2010 - 00:09


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The Orient Win the 2010 GoldFest War of the Worlds!
Dateline: The Orient, Oct 31, 2010 - 22:47


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Coming Soon...A New Hood in the Orient
Dateline: The Orient, Apr 13, 2010 - 09:24


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Welcome
The mysterious and alluring Orient covers the largest landmass in AncientWorlds. From Mongolia in the north to the islands of Indonesia in the south; from Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun, to the far eastern borders of Mesopotamia, The Orient covers all things Asian. We have many things to occupy your attention. Here are just a few:
Award Winners
Visit our award winning neighborhoods:
  • India wins the bronze in '08 for Best Places of AncientWorlds.
  • Edo and Kamakura in Japan, Hanzhou in China and Delhi in India were all awarded "Special Places" in '07
  • Mohenjo-daro in India, voted one of 04's Best Places of AncientWorlds.
Meet our 'Best Homes' Award Winning Citizens:
Enjoy our Award Winning Festival Events:
  • Orient Gems List includes citizen nominated events since 06 to present
  • Sankira's Gameroom contains several award winning ongoing events to enjoy
  • Fei Jing Tours thread is where all of our award winning tours are located including 04's Best of Fest Gold award Chang'an tour.
Neighborhoods
Perhaps you would like to learn more about The Orient's five areas. Or maybe you're more interested in knowing from which of The Orient's ancient lands our family names have come. You can find that information by visiting The Orient Neighborhood Hall, using one of these links,


or simply click any of the regions on the map below.

The Green Dragon Shogunate The Red Phoenix District The White Tiger Domain The Yellow Lion Region Black Turtle Province

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Welcome to AncientWorlds! - a guided tour of AncientWorld designed to assist newcomers in becoming familar with the site.

Calendar of Events - a listing of special events that are happening around the site.

Living in the Orient - The Orient's 1 stop resource for everything from family plaques to design resources.

Arachne's Web Help Center - An open sitewide placed thread where anyone with technical questions can post and get responses from those who know.

Report a Bug - if nothing helps, you can always report a bug to the city architect (our cybergod Jot).


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FESTIVALS
New!!! Chat in The Orient...
The Hall of Supreme Harmony (open!)

Public Oriental Discussions
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The Dancing Lion Festivity Center (3164)

The Imperial Court Academic Center (324)


Art of AncientWorlds
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Both a gallery of art from all over the ancient world and a forum for member artists.

The Green Papaya
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Exploring the cultures of Southeast Asia

The Bodhi Tree
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Spirituality East and West

Roof Of The World
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the history, culture, religion and art of Tibet

Early Dynastic China
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History, Culture and Art of the Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties of China

The Floating World
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A group to explore Edo and the Tokugawa Period, its culture and history

The Crossroads
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A place for supporters of AW to discuss the site and plan events and projects...

Arms And Armour
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A group for the discussion of weapons in ancient as well as modern times. Covering everything from the evolution of said subjects, as well as materials used to make them and techniques, amongst other topics.

The Healing Arts Through the Ages
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A group for the discussion of humanity's medical history from antiquity to present day.

The War College of Sun Tzu
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A discussion of the philosophy, strategy, and tactics of military history in The Orient.

All Oriental Groups


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