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5 days ago · Southeast Asia - Trade, Agriculture, Manufacturing: Even prior to the penetration of European interests, Southeast Asia was a critical part of the world trading system. A wide range of commodities originated in the region, but especially important were such spices as pepper, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. The spice trade initially was developed by Indian and Arab merchants, but it also brought ...
4 days ago · Asia - Religion, Beliefs, Customs: Asia is the birthplace of all the world’s major religions and hundreds of minor ones. Like all forms of culture, Asian religions may be considered geographically in terms of both their places of origin and their distribution. Hinduism, with a polytheistic and ritual tradition comprising numerous cults and sects, is the oldest of several religions that ...
2 days ago · Asia - Climate, Regions, Geography: The distribution pattern of precipitation throughout the year is varied. Relatively uniform moisture is characteristic of the Asian equatorial zone. Maximum summer precipitation and minimum winter precipitation are the rule in the subequatorial zones and in other regions with monsoon climates, as well as in those areas where there is summer movement of the ...
2 days ago · Asia - Manufacturing, Industries, Economies: Industrial development in Asia has been remarkable since the end of World War II. Most spectacular was Japan’s emergence as a global manufacturing superpower in the first postwar decades, but more recently the focus has been on countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia. Nonetheless, Asia’s industrial output is still far less than its ...
2 days ago · Asia - Wildlife, Fauna, Ecosystems: The Himalayas, stretching from east to west, form a barrier that largely prevents the movement of fauna southward or northward. Thus, Asia north of the Himalayas, with parts of western Asia and most of East Asia, belongs to the Palearctic (Old World) subregion of the Holarctic zoogeographic region (roughly, the Northern Hemisphere north of the tropics).
3 days ago · Asia Pacific Taiwan says China seizes fishing boat near its coast 12:00 PM PDT. Asia Pacific Malaysia's Najib loses legal bid to serve sentence under house arrest July 2, 2024. Asia Pacific ...
2 days ago · Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context.
