Wednesday 24 April 2013

Splendor of Asia

The world's largest continent is Asia. Because the population inhabited the continent of Asia can be more when compared with those in other continents.
Because when viewed by the data three most populated countries in the world is on the Asian continent such as China, India, Indonesia and even our own country. The Asian continent is filled with various cultures, tribes and races.
The origin of its history began in China, Mesopotamia and the valley contained Hoindustan ancient civilizations.
Although many obstacles and barriers as well as any limitations they have, but pretty awesome with the results of their copyright on the existing civilization.

Starting from Turkey 
At the start of the Neolithic Asian continent has made ​​human habitation at the time immemorial ago. Much of recorded history in the future. Of diverse kinds of history that has been around since the first one in Turkey there is a legacy that is a temple building that was built nearly 10,000 years ago.
At the time of the Neolithic man in her life where she lived the nomads always moving and to meet their daily food is by hunting for animals that are around him live. As with the present age, the first residence in the caves in a naturally occurring form of the house is not that what it is today.
But as time went on around thousands of years later there are people or people in ancient times has been able to cultivate a variety of existing resources. If the first meet all the needs and requirements with hunting activities, nowadays this ancient man using bronze as their material in making various kinds of tools.
Nascent culture of the past with the activities that
make a variety of tools made ​​of bronze. So do not be surprised at that time called the bronze age.

Birth of the Kingdom
By stage to stage in the course of human life now has four fixed for their use as a place to live, no longer nomadic. With the various existing tools are slowly but surely they do the processing on the nature and begin farming activities such as farming. Since then, the colonies began to appear and set up various kingdoms here.
At this age were born some of them the Achaemenid empire in Persia (600 BC-400 BC) Greek territory covers, Turkey, to the valley of Hindus in India and most of central Asia. The popular king Alexander the Great (400 BC).
While in the West Asia dominated by Roman Dynasty, Dynasty Selucid, the Parthian dynasty, and the Sassanian dynasty. These kingdoms civilization influenced by the Silk Road linking China, Central Asia, to Europe. Called the Silk Road because the Chinese silk trade to the West Asia and Europe use this pathway. Automatic Chinese and European culture did influence parts of Asia. Cultural change then occurs when the Silk Road began to be abandoned and the traders use the sea route. Spread of the influence of one nation to another nation occurs sooner.
India's strong Hindu and Buddhist culture, began to spread the teachings of the continent to the East and Southeast. They are also the spread of Islam to the western part of the continent of Southeast Asia. While European nations are known as ocean adventurer, began making its influence on the continent nation.

Emergence Countries
Number of countries in the continent are currently more than 40 countries. These countries are more born after the arrival of Europeans, because previously there was not a country but a continent of small kingdoms. The Europeans who colonized parts of this continent, have contributed greatly to the founding countries of the continent.
For example, Indonesian, who was born after independence from the Netherlands. Or Malaysia, India, and Singapore, a former British colony. Philippines also born after freedom from the hands of the Portuguese. In the modern era, partly Asian country of birth because of European influence. Call it the countries of the former Soviet Union, namely Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Currently, the countries in the continent has become one of the world's great strengths. Previously, only the polar world is divided into two, namely the U.S. and Europe. Meanwhile, Asia, Africa and Latin America, more often the underdog. Just look at the United Nations, there is no country outside the United States and Europe who have special rights in the Security Council.
But now, Asia can no longer be underestimated. The greatness of China's trade with the Strip silk was once famous, now back stretch and become one of the world's economic power. While Japan and Korea, were able to compete with European and American advanced technology.

Asia can be divided into 6 sub-continent:
1. Central Asia - Uzbekistan Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
2. East Asia - China, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, North and South Korea.
3. North Asia - Russia.
4. Indian Subcontinent - India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
5. Southeast Asia - Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma], the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
6. Southwest Asia - Middle East including Turkey, Iran, Cyprus, Israel, and Lebanon.

Interesting Facts About Asia 
1. Asia extending the limits of the Suez Canal and the Ural Mountains in the west, to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Sea. Also to the south is the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean to the North Pacific Ocean and the Far East.
2. Asia is the largest continent and regional or famous, depending on what the limit is. Traditionally defined as the part of the mass of the continent of Africa-Eurasia stretches located in the east the Suez Canal, the Ural Mountains and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. Approximately 60% of the world population lives in Asia, which is 2% of them occupy most of the north and inland as (Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, western Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan), which 98% live in most other waste. 
3. Three of the four best in the world economy is in Asia are China, Japan and India. They are the numbers 2, 3 and 4, respectively. However, Japan has less than one tenth the population of China or India. However, Asian economies as the continents of North America and Europe. 
4. Asia has a population of more than 4 billion people or more than 60% of the world population. It's a lot of people standing side by side holding hands would reach around the world at the equator more than 100 times. 
5. Asia three dominant financial center is Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. 
6. Asia is 5,300 miles wide. 
7. Asia is the largest continent with land and human population. Asian region is larger than the land area of ​​the moon.
8. The dominant religion in Asia are Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism / Taoism and Islam.8. Most eastern point of Asia Tanjung Chelyuskin in Siberia. 
9. Asia is home to the highest point (Mount Everest 8,848 m) and the lowest (Dead Sea-395m) in the Earth. 
10. More than half of the population of Asia is in the two countries in Asia, China (1.3 billion) and India (1.1 billion). India is expected to surpass China in about 20 years or more. 
11. Asia is home to the birth of the human species and civilization. Somewhere near where the Tigris and Euphrates meet. 

So, we should be proud to be part of Asia: D
Created by : Calvina  

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