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to flourish, as relations between the Empires assumed a more normal position. Many Turks adopted "Western" dress and mannerisms, while the systematic study of the "East," which came to be known as Orientalism, began in Europe. Basing much of its ideas on the Enlightenment and, later, the French Revolution, Orientalism sought to record, classify, and codify the chaos and disorder of the non-European world. Much has been made of the underlying racial and unequal power elements of Orientalism, but that is not our concern here. Suffice to say that Orientalism oftentimes did not give a very true account of what was actually happening in a foreign land; rather, it represented what the author wanted the piece to exemplify. For instance, the Near East was seen as "exotic" and "sensual," so almost every piece on the region would play up this popular image, seeking to make the area even more strange and wonderful, in direct opposition to the Europe of the time. The desire to define something ...

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