![]() ![]() The Indian subcontinent is still crashing northward into Asia, and the Himalayas are growing about 5 centimeters (2 inches) every year. ![]() The Indian subcontinent, once connected to Africa, collided with the Eurasian continent about 50 million to 55 million years ago, forming the Himalayas. Mountain Systems The Himalaya mountains extend for about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles), separating the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia. Asia can be divided into five major physical regions: mountain systems plateaus plains, steppes, and deserts freshwater environments and saltwater environments. Asia’s physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately. Asia is bordered by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. However, most geographers define Asia’s western border as an indirect line that follows the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Caspian and Black Seas. The border between the two continents is debated. Asia makes up the eastern portion of the Eurasian supercontinent Europe occupies the western portion. It is also the world’s most populous continent, with roughly 60 percent of the total population. OL15587432W Page_number_confidence 92.39 Pages 462 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220603153511 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 481 Scandate 20220601085135 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780521731645 Tts_version 5.Asia is the largest of the world’s continents, covering approximately 30 percent of the Earth’s land area. Introduction: What is East Asia? - The origins of civilization in East Asia - The formative era - The age of cosmopolitanism - The creation of a community : China, Korea, and Japan (7th-10th centuries) - Mature independent trajectories (10th-16th centuries) - Early-modern East Asia (16th-18th centuries) - The nineteenth-century encounter of civilizations - The age of Westernization (1900-1929) - The dark valley (1930-1945) - Japan since 1945 - Korea since 1945 - China since 1945 - AfterwordĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:18:08 Autocrop_version 0.0.13_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40848911 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Charles Holcombe is an experienced and sure-footed guide who encapsulates, in a fast-moving and colorful narrative, the vicissitudes and glories of one of the greatest civilizations on earth"-Provided by publisher This shared past and the interconnections among three distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the early twenty-first century. ![]() It shared, for example, a Confucian heritage, some common approaches to Buddhism, a writing system that is deeply imbued with ideas and meaning, and many political and institutional traditions. Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. ![]() "Charles Holcombe begins his extraordinarily ambitious book by asking the question "What is East Asia?" In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, and Korea - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics, or globalization. "The interconnections among three distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the present"-Provided by publisher ![]()
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