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5 days ago · East Asia, region of Asia consisting of Japan, North and South Korea, China, Mongolia, and Taiwan. An old term for the region is the Far East, a name that arose among Europeans, who considered this region in the continent to their east to be “far” from Europe in terms of traveling time.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 6, 2024 · With John Payne fronting the band, ASIA released 8 stunning studio albums and several live recordings. In 2006, Geoff Downes left the band to reform the 1982 lineup for their 25th anniversary. On the 9th of May 2007, John Payne, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Carl Palmer and Steve Howe contractually agreed that John Payne would continue his 14 year ...
3 days ago · Asia is the largest continent on Earth. It covers 9% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area), and has the longest coastline, at 62,800 kilometres (39,022 mi). Asia is generally defined as comprising the eastern four-fifths of Eurasia.
2 days ago · East Asia is a region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. [7] [8] The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. [2] [3] [4] [5] Hong Kong and Macau, two coastal cities located in the south of China, are autonomous regions under Chinese sovereignty.
3 days ago · South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms. As commonly conceptualized, the modern states of South Asia include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
- 5,134,641 km² (1,982,496 sq mi)
- Zone 8 & 9
- 1.94 billion (2022)
Apr 11, 2024 · Erik the Red (flourished 10th century, Norway?) was the founder of the first European settlement on Greenland ( c. 985) and the father of Leif Erikson, one of the first Europeans to reach North America.
3 days ago · Central Asia, central region of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the border of western China in the east. It is bounded on the north by Russia and on the south by Iran, Afghanistan, and China.
