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Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition. It covers 8.7 percent of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.8 percent of its land area, and it contains more than 60 percent of the world's human population.
Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.
Etymology
The word Asia entered English, via Latin, from Ancient Greek Ασία (Asia; see also List of traditional Greek place names). This name is first attested in Herodotus (about 440 BC), where it refers to Asia Minor; or, for the purposes of describing the Persian Wars, to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. Herodotus comments that he is puzzled as to why three different women's names are used to describe a single land mass (Europa, Asia and Libya, referring to Africa), stating that most Greeks assumed that Asia was named after the wife of Prometheus but that the Lydians say it was named after Asias, son of Cotys who passed the name on to a tribe in Sardis. More on [ Asia ]
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Holy cow! Good luck with your preparations! RT @caitlinmiz: omg southeast asia in 8 days!!!! starting my malaria pills tomorrow..
KBHgal (KBHgal (Kristen)) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:41:55 -0000
Holy cow! Good luck with your preparations! RT @caitlinmiz: omg southeast asia in 8 days!!!! starting my malaria pills tomorrow..
Canadian Politics dead for the Holiday Season. How lucky Canadian politicians are compared to Europe and Asia! HappeningGeographies #cdnpoli
twiternair (M@ni with an I) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:41:04 -0000
Canadian Politics dead for the Holiday Season. How lucky Canadian politicians are compared to Europe and Asia! HappeningGeographies #cdnpoli
China: Currency contortions http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15127500
Merowig (Merowig) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:39:11 -0000
China: Currency contortions http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15127500
Obama returns from Asia tour http://is.gd/5ELlB
wazup_asia (WaZup! Asia) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:39:06 -0000
Obama returns from Asia tour http://is.gd/5ELlB
GO! RT @Mhae92 RT @omygoshashley yes to the yo! RT @_slowdownsugar: Wake up, Asia. Stay awake, Europe. KEEP GOING, AMERICA. #happybdayarchie
kat_moniq (monica coniate) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:38:41 -0000
GO! RT @Mhae92 RT @omygoshashley yes to the yo! RT @_slowdownsugar: Wake up, Asia. Stay awake, Europe. KEEP GOING, AMERICA. #happybdayarchie
RT: Wake up, Asia. Stay awake, Europe. KEEP GOING, AMERICA. #happybdayarchie
xcindyisninja (oh. hi. i'm cindy.) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:38:28 -0000
RT: Wake up, Asia. Stay awake, Europe. KEEP GOING, AMERICA. #happybdayarchie
China's Rural Architecture - Photographs by Olivier Laude and brief texts by Ronald G. Knapp. Up to ten photographs per province.
Chinese Earth Sheltered Dwellings - Paul Long provides an illustrated overview of Chinese vernacular architecture, specifically earth shelters, including a bibliography.
Clan Homes in Fujian - Jens Aaberg-Jorgensen's illustrated article on these remarkable traditional dwellings in China, originally published in Danish in Arkitekten no. 28, November 2000, translated and updated in the online edition.
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Quanzhou Vernacular Architecture - Daniel Abramson of the University of Washington introduces this historic Chinese city and its buildings. Includes city maps, photographs and a vocabulary of characteristic forms and elements.
The Modern Tongkonan of Toraja - An illustrated article about the striking traditional houses of the Toraja culture of Indonesia, with references.
Vanishing Landscapes - An article on old Hakka homesteads in Taiwan by Karen Schmitt, illustrated with images from Taiwan Homeland Art Collection. Originally published in New Views of Southern Taiwan, March 2001.
Wooden Architecture in Ganzi - An illustrated report by Pamela Logan on traditional buildings in the Kham region of Tibet for the Kham Aid Foundation.
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