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Asia
Asia is part of Eurasia and the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres of the Earth. Asia has a number of regions and peoples and huge range of environments, cultures, histories and government systems.
5,117 Questions
Name three seas that surround the Philippines?
Three seas that surround the Philippines include:
Celebes Sea
South China Sea
Arafura Sea
What was the first east Asian country to modernize on a western pattern was?
Japan. It was one of the first countries in Asia to undergo modernization based off of structures from Europe and America.
What part did Asia play in World War 1?
More than most people think, but not a major part of the outcome. Very little fighting took place in Asia, though the middle east saw fighting between the British and the Turkish Empires.
India was part of the British Empire and Indian troops served in France and Flanders and in Mesopotamia as well as other theatres of war. India was probably the Asian country with the largest involvement in terms of manpower. British India included modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and Nepal. Nepalese soldiers, called "Gurkhas" were particularly renowed for their ferocity and were regarded as some of Britain's best soldiers - in fact, they are to this day and Britain still maintains a Brigade of Gurkhas made up of Nepalese volunteers.
Japan was the most active independent Asian country. It was mainly interested in grabbing German colonies for itself. Japanese troops stormed the German fort of Tianjin in China, and took over some of the German Pacific Islands.
Thailand - or Siam as it was called at the time - declared war in 1917 in the hope that it would persuade the European nations to take it seriously as a country not as just the next subject for colonization. The Siamese actually sent a 1,200-man force to France, including a medical unit (it is claimed that the nurses there were the only women to serve in the trenches) and a fighter squadron. Some claim the fighter pilots were still in training when the war ended, others that they had just managed to fly a couple of missions before the armistice. 19 Thai soldiers were killed, and their names are on a war memorial in Bangkok.
Once it became obvious that the war was going to be won by the Allies, there was an unseemly scramble all around the world to declare war on Germany before it finished, in order to get a piece of the victory settlement.
China declared war on Germany but was a mess internally so couldn't spare any troops. Besides, the Western allies probably wouldn't have trusted Chinese soldiers in combat. Some Chinese labourers were sent to France and spent the last year of the war fixing roads and laying railways.
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were all part of the French Empire, and recent conquests at that. So the French couldn't rely on their soldiers. However some soldiers from this area (the French called it Annam) did go to France to work as labourers, like the Chinese.
The answer above regarding Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia was provided by an ignorant person. Vietnam's contribution to France was 21 bataillons serving both in the Western and Eastern fronts, in addition to 49,000 laborers. The streets of Saigon was named after numerous battles in which Vietnamese soldiers participated - Bar le Duc, Verdun, Avenue de la Somme, Quai de Belgique, Vosges etc.
Indochina provided half of the loans to France to finance the war as well as little less than 48% of all raw materials to support the war effort. Only West Africa provided more raw materials to France.
Why do some people have sweaty hands?
Your body is over heated if your head is hot that means your body is hot so if your in the sun a lot do not wear hats because it makes your head hot which makes your body over heated! Thus sweaty hands.
What major religions originate outside of Asia?
Of the five religions that are considered major in the world today (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism), all of them originated in Asia.
The east of Asia has lots of very big cities, so some of it is urban. It also has rural areas.
What are the unique achievements of Asian countries in the art?
achievements are:
Inventions
Ancient Asian Inventions: 3,500 - 1,000 B.C.
1. 3,200 B.C. - Invention of silk fabric. Chinese legends say that the Empress Lei Tsu first discovered silk around 4,000 B.C., when a silkworm cocoon fell into her hot tea. As the empress fished the cocoon out of her teacup, she found that it was unraveling into long, smooth filaments. Rather than flinging the sodden mess away, she decided to spin the fibers into thread. This legend may be nothing more, but certainly Chinese farmers were cultivating silkworms and mulberry trees (for silkworm feed) by 3,200 B.C.
2. 2,500 B.C. - Invention of ink. Prior to the invention of ink, people had to carve words and symbols into stones, or carve stamps of each symbol and then press them into clay tablets in order to write. It was a time-consuming task, and the resultant documents were unwieldy or fragile. Enter ink! This handy combination of fine soot and glue seems to have been invented almost simultaneously in China and Egypt, around 2,500 B.C. Scribes could then simply brush words and pictures onto the surface of cured animal skins, papyrus, or eventually paper, for light-weight, portable, and relatively durable documents.
Inventions of Classical Asia: 1,000 B.C. - 500 A.D.
3. 132 A.D. - Invention of the seismoscope by Zhang Heng, China. China has always been prone to earthquakes. We still can't predict earthquakes with any accuracy, but in 132 A.D., the Chinese inventor Zhang Heng made the first advance in detecting and measuring earthquakes as they happen. His invention, the seismoscope, notified the emperor's court that an earthquake had taken place, and indicated the direction of the epicenter. This would allow court messengers to set out in that direction to assess damage, rather than having to wait for reports to come in from survivors in the earthquake zone.
4. 1413 A.D. - Invention of the ironclad "turtleboat," Korea.Around 1413 - 1415, Korean shipbuilders designed the first turtleboats. These double-masted ironclads were used primarily for ramming pirate ships. Turtleboats came into their own as a weapon of war during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592-1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin used turtleboats to great effect in the Battle of Hansan-do, helping to defeat the Japanese drive through Korea and toward Ming China. 5. 1980 A.D. - Invention of the Washlet bidet toilet, Japan. The world's most complicated toilets, Japan's option-packed bidets (often called "Washlets" after the original maker's brand) provide the ultimate bathroom experience. Features offered may include: a lid that automatically raises and lowers itself, based on motion detectors; a bidet that will squirt warm or cool water for washing private parts, in a steady stream or pulses; an air-dryer; musical accompaniment to cover the sound of urination; a heated seat; and automatic flush. These bidets are so complicated that foreign users often have trouble finding the flush button.
I don't know if this is correct but inventions also become achievements in our history. - Harry potter's girlfriend
Who are Asians. should other then a oriential Asians be called Asians?
An Asian is person coming from an ethnicity endemic to Asia.
Non-Orientals can be considered Asians if their ethnicity is endemic to Asia. For example, Indians are endemic to Asia, and while they are not orientals, they are certainly Asian.
The reason why Americans use Asian instead of Oriental is because the word Oriental is offensive in the US.
What is the population of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation?
The population of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is 1,600,000,000.
What country in the Asia Pacific ocean did cannibals come from?
Cannabilism was probably widespread through the pacific /Asia area as little as 150-200 years ago. Two countries that come to mind are, what are known today, as Fiji and New Zealand.
