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  1. 7 hours ago · China, country of East Asia. It is the largest of all Asian countries. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth, and it is almost as large as the whole of Europe. China is also one of the most populous countries in the world, rivaled only by India, which, according to ...

  2. 1 day ago · The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › East_AsiaEast Asia - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · China was the first region settled in East Asia and was undoubtedly the core of East Asian civilization from where other parts of East Asia were formed. The various other regions in East Asia were selective in the Chinese influences they adopted into their local customs.

    • Dōngyǎ/Dōngyà or Dōng Yǎxìyǎ/Dōng Yàxìyà
    • 11,840,000 km² (4,570,000 sq mi) (3rd)
  4. 3 days ago · Asia. Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia is more a geographic term than a homogeneous continent, and the use of the term to describe such a vast area always carries the potential of obscuring the enormous diversity among the regions it encompasses.

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  6. 2 days ago · Xinjiang, autonomous region of China, occupying the northwestern corner of the country.It is bordered by the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Gansu to the east, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south, Afghanistan and the disputed territory of Kashmir to the southwest, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the west, Kazakhstan to the northwest, Russia to the north, and Mongolia to the northeast.

  7. 2 days ago · According to the widely accepted Kurgan hypothesis or Steppe theory, the Indo-European language and culture spread in several stages from the Proto-Indo-European Urheimat in the Eurasian Pontic steppes into Western Europe, Central and South Asia, through folk migrations and so-called elite recruitment.

  8. 1 day ago · The Xia Dynasty rose around 1875 BCE, making Imperial China the first permanent civilization in East Asia. From the banks of the Yellow River and under several dynasties over time, these Chinese civilizations spread their influence widely over Asia. Gojoseon was the first recognizable state in Korea, forming around 500 BCE.

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