Asia
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Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total s
Ptolemy's Asia
The United States–Russia border according to the USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement
The Silk Road connected civilisations across Asia.
The Mongol Empire at its greatest extent. The gray area is the later Timurid Empire.
West Asia
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West Asia is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian
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…historical ties, and government systems. It also has a mix of many different climates ranging from the equatorial south via the hot deserts in parts of West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia and tropical jungles in Southeast Asia, temperate areas in the east and the continental centre to vast subarctic…
A Lebanese Cedar Forest in winter
Pilgrims in the annual Hajj at the Kaaba in Mecca.
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, first cathedral in the world, the mother church of all Armenians
Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya in Lebanon.