g., Chinese literature, Japanese literature, Central Asian arts, Southeast Asian arts, and South Asian arts). According to Citigroup in 2011, 9 of 11 Global Growth Generators countries came from Asia driven by population and income growth. Modern conflicts and events A refugee special train in Ambala, Punjab during the partition of India in 1947 US forces drop Napalm on suspected Viet Cong positions in 1965. The Aleutian Islands are sometimes associated with Oceania, owing to their status as remote Pacific islands, and their proximity to the Pacific Plate.

The continent is bounded by the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the east, and the Indian Ocean in the south.Optional pins and tags allow you to further personalise your map, for example pinpoint and tag places visited, would like to visit, places you've lived etc. Sikhism is found in Northern India and amongst overseas Indian communities in other parts of Asia, especially Southeast Asia. Economic growth in Asia since World War II to the 1990s had been concentrated in Japan as well as the four regions of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore located in the Pacific Rim, known as the Asian tigers, which are now all considered developed economies, having amongst the highest GDP per capita in Asia. The Islamic Caliphate's defeats of the Byzantine and Persian empires led to West Asia and southern parts of Central Asia and western parts of South Asia under its control during its conquests of the 7th century.

Almost all Asian religions have philosophical character and Asian philosophical traditions cover a large spectrum of philosophical thoughts and writings. A Map of the Countries between Constantinople and Calcutta: Including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan and Turkestan". The Druze Faith or Druzism originated in West Asia, is a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of figures like Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, and Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. The boundary between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Bab-el-Mandeb.With our standard personalisation you are able to see a preview of the title and subtitle you choose on the product page. According to economic historian Angus Maddison, India had the world's largest economy during 0 BCE and 1000 BCE. Tropical rainforests stretch across much of southern Asia and coniferous and deciduous forests lie farther north.

A particularly significant part of the Asian goods traffic is carried out across the Pacific towards Los Angeles and Long Beach. The Middle East was contested and partitioned by the British and French, [56] while Southeast Asia was carved up between the British, Dutch and French. Based on Global Office Locations 2011, Asia dominated the office locations with 4 of the top 5 being in Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul. In general terms, Asia is bounded the Pacific Ocean on the east, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.The political map of Asia shown above was prepared by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, better known as the CIA, in August 2013. Those physiographic extremes and the overall predominance of mountain belts and plateaus are the result of the collision of tectonic plates. A commonly accepted division places Asia to the east of the Suez Canal separating it from Africa; and to the east of the Turkish Straits, the Ural Mountains and Ural River, and to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black seas, separating it from Europe. The region is also home to India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Singapore, Brunei (surrounded by East Malaysia) on the island of Borneo, and East Timor (Timor-Leste) on the island of Timor. China was the largest and most advanced economy on earth for much of recorded history and shared the mantle with India.

The Mongol Empire conquered a large part of Asia in the 13th century, an area extending from China to Europe. The ultra smooth finish and the latex base of the inks provide vivid colour graphics with high-definition detail.In the modern standard definition, the region is home to the 'stan-countries,' all former Soviet republics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, some definitions also include Afghanistan. This makes Egypt a transcontinental country, with the Sinai peninsula in Asia and the remainder of the country in Africa. Asia is separated from North America to the northeast by the Bering Strait and from Australia to the southeast by the seas and straits connecting the Indian and Pacific oceans. He is known for the concept of micro credit which, allows poor and destitute people to borrow money.