Asia: the World's Largest and Most Popular Continent

Besides the experience of travel itself, identify one theme or pattern that seems to be repeated throughout the test. Examples (political\ systems, economic development, religion). What significance does this theme or pattern play in shaping the ancient world? Are there any chapters/people/events that contradict your pattern or theme?’

What made Asia one of the most influential, intercontinental, and powerful nations during the ancient world? Was it the spread of new religion? The bustling trade? Or was it the knowledge and communication spread throughout the continent? In the book When Asia was the World, Stewart Gordon analyses journals, primary text, and personal accounts of life in Asia during this time. We see the view of the world through merchants, traders, scholars, philosophers, travelers, and generals, from 500 – 1500 CE. Although this book seems like it is emphasizing the importance of travel in the ancient world, it is actually about how trade spread valuable goods, services, and knowledge that made Asia the center of civilization.

In When Asia was the World, Stewart Gordon investigates how trade led to the spread of religion and education/innovation. These factors were critical in Asia’s rise to dominance. Throughout the book, trade is discussed as a medium for culture to travel across large areas of land. It is this movement of new ideas that catalyzed Asia’s growth.

The four regional/continental wide empires in South Asia were the Mauryan, Gupta, Kushan, and Bactrian Empires.

This essay analyses the Australian-China bilateral relationship since 1945 and in particular its political significance to Australia. Many global factors have influenced this relationship, including the advent of the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the collapse of the Soviet bloc European nations. In addition, internal political changes in Australia and China have both affected and been affected by the global changes. It will be analysed that Australia’s bilateral relationship with China has always had a sharp political edge but that approaching the new millenium economics and trade considerations are shaping Australias and for that matter Chinese politics.

Both India and China are located within Asia, but India is in southern Asia bordering the

The continent of Asia is separated into several different regions. One of the regions is the Southwest region which includes the countries of Saudi Arabia and Iran. The people of Southwest Asia are primarily one of three religions; Christian, Judaism, or Islam. These religions all have different practices, rituals, and teachings but also have some similarities. Each religion has their own holy book, key cites, worship places, and special religious holidays. In Southwest Asia, your religion is based on your family history, beliefs, customs, and traditions.

East Asia can be defined either in geographical and cultural. Geographically, it covers about 12,000,000 km2, or about 28% of the Asian continent, about 15% bigger than the area of Europe. East Asia is one of the world 's most populated places, with more than 1.5 billion people, about 38% of the population of Asia and 22% or over one

today known as the Middle East with the former being Egyptian in origin and the latter of

Asia could be argue as being the world based on the fact that it was the majority of the interconnected world, had the most populous regions, and had governments that had been operating longer than any other region had even been settled. China was a technological powerhouse, filled with ideas and philosophies that were exporting and influencing as well as filled with technologies and goods that every other region desired. China could be considered the world based on the fact that during the time it was the most successful and longest run region in the

were seen with extreme pessimism. Since then patterns have been reversed; Asia led by economies such as

In the group discussion for this week, we had Austy, Thana, Asia and me. We have discussed about the passage after we read it. Firstly, we all thought that bringing together the criminal and the victim is a good idea. But it is not really work for all crimes and bullying. It depends on each cases because we thought there are some people who really bad from inside in our society and we can’t use this way to change people from bad to become good rapidly. Next question, we saw the number of 60% of people released after serving one year in prison are convicted of another crime. Austy and Thana strongly agree that the punishment is too soft, which can’t make the criminal feel guilty or sorry. Moreover, some people may felt guilty but they

Has anyone lived a life without misfortune? Doubtable; even the person with what could be described as the ideal life deals with some form of adversity. The novel, Speak, and the short story, The Third and Final Continent, both use plot as a way to convey themes of hardship. Moreover, these texts both use symbolism in order to develop their themes as well. The Art of Resilience and Speak utilize characterization as a method of developing their respective themes. Speak, The Third and Final Continent, and The Art of Resilience each deal with the theme that all people must learn to cope with adverse situations.

“I cannot help laughing at the absurdity of all the map-makers...who show Ocean running like a river round a perfectly circular earth, with Asia and Europe of the same size…the “proper notion of the size and shape of these two continents. Persian territory extends southward to the Red Sea, as it is called; north of them are the Medes, then the Saspires, then the Cholchians, who go as far as the northern sea, where the mouth of the Phasis is. These four nations fill the area between the Black sea and the Persian Gulf. Thence run westward two great continental promontories, one of which stretches from the Phasis on the north along the Black Sea and the Hellespont to the Mediterranean at the Sigeum in the Troad, and again, in the south, along the Mediterranean coast from the Myriandic gulf, near Phoenicia, to Cape Triopium...Such is Asia from Persia westward; eastward, beyond Media and the territories of the Saspires and Colchians...Asia is inhabited as far as India...Such, then, are the shape and size of Asia  Libya is part of the second branch I mentioned, for it adjoins Egypt...but is soon broadens out, and what is known as Libya covers a very large area. In view of what I have said, I cannot but be surprised at the method of mapping Libya, Asia, and Europe. The three continents do, in fact differ very greatly in size Europe is as long as the other two put together, and for breadth is not, in my opinion, even to be compared with them. As for Libya, we know it is washed on

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