the Oceanic, or Insular Oceanic culture regiona culture region, or culture area (or Global Village)Â is an area where common cultural components, traits, or characteristics have developed over time, and are shared among various societies, due to a variety of causal factors such as immigration, war, colonialism, forced acculturation, technology and travel advances, etc., also sometimes referred to as Oceania, includes the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, but centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean, excluding Australia and New Zealand – the region is separated into the areas of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia for more clarity – some older maps may include Australia and New Zealand in this region, but for this site we designate Australia and New Zealand as the Austral-European cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static region
