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2 days ago · Asia - Ethnic Groups, Diversity, Cultures: The two primary prehistoric centres from which migrations of modern human populations over the continent took place were Southwest Asia and a region comprising the Mongolian plateaus and North China. From prehistoric to historic times, possibly beginning as early as 60,000 years ago, movements from Southwest Asia continued toward Europe and into ...
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2 days ago · Asia - Settlement Patterns, Geography, Cultures: Agriculture remains the mainstay of Asia, though the proportion of the population engaged in agriculture is steadily declining. Although marginal lands in many parts of South and East Asia have been brought under cultivation, and many former pastoral ranges in Southwest and Central Asia are now irrigated, the broad ecological factors touched ...
5 days ago · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF. Visit Portfolio Tool. Add to Compare. NAV as of Jul 03, 2024 $74.10. 52 WK: 60.85 - 74.10. 1 Day NAV Change as of Jul 03, 2024 0.92 (1.26%) NAV Total Return as of Jul 02, 2024 YTD: 10.88%. Fees as stated in the prospectus Expense Ratio: 0.49%.
4 days ago · Asia - Lakes, Rivers, Geography: The many lakes of Asia vary considerably in size and origin. The largest of them—the Caspian and Aral seas—are the remains of larger seas. The Caspian has been fluctuating in size, and the Aral has been shrinking, primarily because its tributaries, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, have been tapped heavily for irrigation purposes.
2 days ago · Asia - Farming, Crops, Irrigation: By far the greater part of Asia remains uncultivated, primarily because climatic and soil conditions are unfavourable. Conversely, in the best growing areas an extraordinarily intensive agriculture is practiced, made possible by irrigating the alluvial soils of the great river deltas and valleys. Of the principal crops cultivated, rice, sugarcane, and, in ...
4 days ago · Asia - Plains, Lowlands, Geography: Low plains occupy the rest of the Asian mainland, particularly the vast West Siberian and Turan plains of the interior. The remaining lowlands are distributed either in the maritime regions—such as the North Siberian and Yana-Indigirka lowlands and the North China Plain—or in the piedmont depressions of Mesopotamia, the Indo-Gangetic Plain, and mainland ...
