Asia Political Map - Vinyl - A0 Size 84.1 x 118.9 cm

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Significant Christian communities also found in Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia. The Silk Road became the main east–west trading route in the Asian hinterlands while the Straits of Malacca stood as a major sea route. The Iliad (attributed by the ancient Greeks to Homer) mentions two Phrygians in the Trojan War named Asios (an adjective meaning "Asian"); [45] and also a marsh or lowland containing a marsh in Lydia as ασιος.

The regional name of the Pacific Islands is appropriate: Oceania, a sea of islands, including those of Alaska and Hawaii. In Greek mythology, "Asia" ( Ἀσία) or "Asie" ( Ἀσίη) was the name of a " Nymph or Titan goddess of Lydia".

The eastern region of Asia consists of the Asian nations of China (including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong, Macau, and Tibet), Japan, Mongolia, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), South Korea (Republic of Korea), and Taiwan (Republic of China). From the time of Herodotus a minority of geographers have rejected the three-continent system (Europe, Africa, Asia) on the grounds that there is no substantial physical separation between them. Amartya Sen, (born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members. Matt laminated, mounted onto Kapa mount foam centred board with a PVC frame 20mm wide with a choice of brushed aluminium, dark oak or black colour. The Aleutian Islands are an island chain extending westward from the Alaskan Peninsula toward Russia's Komandorski Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula.

This Asia political wall map also contains city population detail, capital cities and all the major towns and cities in this continent of Asia.Tropical rainforests stretch across much of southern Asia and coniferous and deciduous forests lie farther north. Ten countries in Southeast Asia are member states of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Asia is bounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south, the Red Sea (as well as the inland seas of the Atlantic Ocean—the Mediterranean and the Black) to the southwest, and Europe to the west.

The Abrahamic religions including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Druze faith, [103] and Baháʼí Faith originated in West Asia.

Its per capita income increased a stunning 21-fold over the last four decades, also lifting hundreds of millions out of income poverty. Main articles: Economy of Asia, List of Asian countries by GDP, List of countries in Asia-Pacific by GDP (nominal), and List of Asian and Pacific countries by GDP (PPP) Singapore has one of the busiest container ports in the world and is the world's fourth largest foreign exchange trading center. The longest river is the Yangtze (Yángzî Jiang, or Chang Jiang (simplified Chinese: 长江) in China with a length of 6,380 km (3,964 mi). In the Middle East, such as in the Levant, Anatolia and Fars, Syriac Christianity ( Church of the East) and Oriental Orthodoxy are prevalent minority denominations, [116] which are both Eastern Christian sects mainly adhered to Assyrian people or Syriac Christians. It is also home to big mammals like the Javan rhinoceros, the Water buffalo, the Asian tapir, and the Indian elephant.