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Central Asia in world history (Springer, 2016). Best, Antony. The International History of East Asia, 1900-1968: Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order (2010) online Archived 2019-08-21 at the Wayback Machine; Catchpole, Brian. A map history of modern China (1976), new maps & diagrams; Clyde, Paul Herbert.
In medieval T and O maps, Asia makes for half the world's landmass, with Africa and Europe accounting for a quarter each. With the High Middle Ages, Southwest and Central Asia receive better resolution in Muslim geography, and the 11th century map by Mahmud al-Kashgari is the first world map drawn from a Central Asian point of view.
Category:Maps of the history of Asia or its subcategories Pages in category "Historic maps of Asia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Some general data on the countries listed in M49 for the continental region, Asia (142), and one non-official region, "Northern Asia," are presented below. M49 is a device for collecting useful statistics for the UNSD and is a suggested reference guide offered as a global standard for all agencies and institutions within the various UN ...
Maps of the history of the Middle East (1 C, 2 P) R. ... Pages in category "Maps of the history of Asia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
History of Asia by former country (31 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Former countries in Asia" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population .
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [note 1] [10] [11] in the world by both land area and population. [11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, [note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.