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

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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.

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strobist (David Hobby) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:54:41 -0000
Whoa, missed this -- AlienBees coming to AU/Asia: http://bit.ly/2TwiNv (RT fer yer local buds if AU/Asia)
Production Grids in Asia: Applications, Developments and Global Ties - Springer. http://bit.ly/1Dm60H
computers_book (New Computers Books) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:54:18 -0000
Production Grids in Asia: Applications, Developments and Global Ties - Springer. http://bit.ly/1Dm60H
RT @now7grandkids: NO trigger write over & over again2 obama& whitehouse. I want Pres2 come out& say it b4 he goes2 ASIA. Now tomorrow. RT
slackadjuster (slackadjuster) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:53:37 -0000
RT @now7grandkids: NO trigger write over & over again2 obama& whitehouse. I want Pres2 come out& say it b4 he goes2 ASIA. Now tomorrow. RT
Nat Geo Asia Lines Up Travel Series with Zhang Ziyi: By Mansha Daswani HONG KONG: National Geographic Channel i.. http://bit.ly/kOtQz
CMELEAD (Candice Nicholson) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:53:26 -0000
Nat Geo Asia Lines Up Travel Series with Zhang Ziyi: By Mansha Daswani HONG KONG: National Geographic Channel i.. http://bit.ly/kOtQz
6 days till kalebs due date, i hope hes here by then i hate waiting. i love asia
eg454 (Gabe Garcia) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:52:33 -0000
6 days till kalebs due date, i hope hes here by then i hate waiting. i love asia
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