Editing East (section)

==Cultural==
East is the direction toward which the [[Earth]] rotates  about its [[Rotation around a fixed axis|axis]], and therefore the general direction from which the [[Sun]] appears to rise. The practice of praying towards the East is older than [[Christianity]], but has been 
adopted by this religion as the Orient was thought of as containing mankind's original home. Hence, Christian churches have been traditionally oriented towards the east.<ref>{{cite web |title=Orientation of Churches |url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11305a.htm |publisher=Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Peters |first=Bosco |title=Architectural Design Guidelines 1 |url= http://liturgy.co.nz/architectural-design-guidelines-1/9558 |publisher=Liturgy.co.nz |access-date=3 December 2013 |date=30 April 2012}}</ref> After some early exceptions, this tradition of having the altar on the liturgical east has become a part of the church orientation concept [[liturgical east and west]].

The ''Orient'' is the ''East'', traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the [[Eastern world]], in relation to Europe. In English, it is largely a [[metonym]] for, and referring to the same area as, the continent of Asia, divided into the [[Far East]], [[Middle East]], and [[Near East]]. Despite this Eurocentric origin, these regions are still located to the east of the [[Geographical centre of Earth]].

One study has suggested that within an individual [[Northern Hemisphere]] city, the east end is typically poorer because the prevailing winds blow from the west.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Benedictus |first1=Leo |title=Blowing in the wind: why do so many cities have poor east ends? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/may/12/blowing-wind-cities-poor-east-ends |access-date=2 October 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 May 2017}}</ref>