how did eastern influences to the west change the world forever?

Question

ex. asian and indian immigration to us.
what did they bring to America.

"Asian America" only influences from Asia and Mid East.
ex.
religion
types of music
food.
clothing style.
architectural style.
henna tatooes.
fortune telling.
etc.
in history its always how the western world influenced but can people help me with vice versa?

thanks a bunch!

this proj. is hard.

peace (-<-)

Answer 1

Christians took a lot of concepts from paganism, and from Hinduism as well, such as the Holy Trinity (God, Jesus, Holy Ghost - Vishnu, Krishna, Shiva), all of the holidays are based around equinoxes or solstices. (Christmas - Yule, Easter- Ostara).
Music? Dance! I've read from many sources that the Romani People brought 'violins' to Europe, and many kinds of dancing. 'Fortune-telling' is a word that people who don't beleive in 'advising' call it.
Food. SPICES FROM THE EAST! Turmeric, Saffron, Ginger, Nutmeg...
Henna, obviously, and is traditionally used for weddings.
The Western world had guns and barbaric weapons to change people to the way they wanted! that is their way of influencing!
All of the influences you say only affected the mid-east, affects America and Western Europe every day!

Answer 2

Certainly they brought their religions to the U.S. My wife and myself are generously invited to Hindu friends' affairs.

Asian music has influenced Western since Debussy and the operas of Puccini (1900) and before.

There are a lot of Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai, and Malaysian resstaurants everywhere.

I think that one cannot point to clothing styles, except the Nehru jacket of the 1960's, which is not in style now. It is possible that we build buildings with certain Asian motifs, but I do not know any. Indian women get henna tattoos; I don't know if they are fashionable among the white memlog. Fortune telling still involves astrology, palmistry, and tarot cards. Astrology claims descent from ancient Mesopotamia, when there were only 12 constellations in the zodiac. The solar system has subtly shifted so that there are now 14. Tarot cards are said to have come tfrom India in 1400, but who knows?

The main trend today is that Indians, Chinese, and other Asians want to come here. They don't want to stay in Asia and go on "influencing themselves." And the success of our newest Asian fellow citizens, and the prosperity and future of the U.S., depends on their bringing their abilities in science, engineering, and learning in the humanities to help us all build.

But that could be a Western idea.