Cross-Cultural Connection of the East and West

For the most part of the 16th century and the 17th century, most of the west side explored and dominated the foreign world. Explorers such as Ferdinand Magellan and Francesco Carletti were one of the first people to travel the world and became a leader in history exploring the new world. When the east encounters the west, it is a different culture clash that will eventually be combined with a cross-cultural connection.

It is easy to underestimate the importance of these old connections, in the 15th century European Romanesque caravan linking camels and caravans crossing the Silk Road from east to west. It is easy to imagine that the East and the West are inseparable until a modern form of communication such as telegraph, railway, and the Internet intervenes. In the early days, caravans connected remote areas such as Afghanistan with European ports, connecting Wales and Ireland waters to a wider world.

The Silk Road connecting the eastern end of Eurasia extends beyond China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The way to the east goes to Korea and Japan, to the west to Russia, to the east to Europe and the west, to the south to India, to the east and to the west. This is the way of transit, bi-directional movement of objects, scientific ideas and achievements, and cultural and religious values. At some point, the Silk Road was an important and quick way to disseminate information through merchants, travelers, diplomats.

Along with the development of globalization, intercultural communication is essential for the open society where we are currently living. Therefore, cultural differences are everywhere. The culture between the East and the West is distinguished on a considerable scale. This means that not only opinions and thinking differ, but also that people's behavior in everyday life is different, and sometimes vice versa. In this article I first explore the reasons for cultural differences, then explain the differences between oriental and western culture using typical examples and finally adapt to various cultures.

In the analysis of individuals and teams, the difference between the cultural values ​​of the East and the West is well studied. Intercultural studies have shown that there is a big difference in value, belief, and method of problem solving (eg Hall, 1989; Triandis, 1995). With long cultural values, individualism - collectivism and power distance may be considered to be the most valuable value distinguishing between the East and the West.