Asia



Asia is Earth'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 and comprises 30% of its land area.

Boundries
The boundaries of Asia are culturally determined, as there is no clear geographical separation between it and Europe, which together form one continuous landmass called Eurasia. The most commonly accepted boundaries place Asia to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.undefinedIt is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.

Given its size and diversity, the concept of Asia – a name dating back to classical antiquity - may actually have more to do with human geography than physical geography. Asia varies greatly across and within its regions with regard to ethnic groups, cultures, environments, economics, and historical ties.

Modern Asia
Asia is home to about 60% of the Earth’s current population.

Asia’s major industries are tourism and agriculture – with anise, coffee, rice, honey (a particular favorite of the Klack), chicken, farmed seafoods and pork as the most popular products.

Many of the human religions (Islam, Hindu, Buddhism, Shinto among others), began in this region, as well as martial arts such as aikido, karate, muy thai, kung fu, tae kwon do and many others.

 Sun Tzu's Art of War (one of the “Captain’s Treasure”) was written in the China region of Asia.

Different Asian ethnic groups are estimated to have settled well over 1000 planets, asteroids, planetoids and moons.

