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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.
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What types of soil are used for construction of a house?
sandy soil is used for making blocks which are used in construction of a house
How did Southwest Asia help shape the ancient and modern worlds?
The Sumerians were the first people to use the wheel and plow. They also created a form of writing called Cuneiform. The first calendars ever were by them.
How many bones do Asian elephants have?
140 bones. Except the trunk. Everything in the trunk is muscle.
Why does southwest Asia have a lot of oil?
Oil can be found under Southwest Asia because millions of years ago the area was under water. When the Iranian and Arabian tectonic plates hit, they created spaces where oil was formed and trapped.
What imperialistic country controlled small countries in southeast asia after world war 2?
USA. I'm not sure which countries they still controlled after World War 2 but they held on to the Philippines for a couple of years before they left. And even then they still had some military presence in that country until the 90's. The British also held on to Hong Kong until their contract expired.
Aviation elements were certainly involved In Lam Son 719. So were B-52s and every piece of Artillery that could "Reach Out And Touch Someone". The powers that be were trying to prove to the World that the South Vietnamese were quite capable of taking care of their own defense in 1971. The US Army lost 215 men killed, 1,149 wounded, 38 Missing in Action and 108 helicopters in the operation.
Other Operations certainly had Marines on or very neat the Laotian border during the Vietnamese War. Entry was strictly forbidden by ground troops, but the strong possibility that more than one or two major multi company Patrols in Forcemay have gotten slightly lost for a day or two and wandered aimlessly through forbidden territory. After all, GPS was not a tool of the trade during that War.
Two 155mm Towed Howitzers called Tango Battery were joined by members of Lima Battery 4th Battalion, 11th Marines (L-4-11) in an operation that lasted from January 1969 until March 1969 in Northern Laos. They were on a mountaintop with a company of Infantry lower down the slope for security. Not sure who the Grunts were but it might have been M-3-3. The mountains were so high and so far north that there was frost on the breath in the mornings. I have heard the name Task Force Lima Yankee applied to this oepration. It was done during the time of Operation Taylor Common and run out of An Hoa but was no wheres near the rest of the 5th Marine Operation Taylor Common. I believe the area was as far north as Hanoi and about ten miles west of the border between North Viet Nam & Laos.
How far is china from the north pole?
China is a large country covering nearly 10 million square kilometres. So I hope that you understand that the distance from the North Pole to its northern-most point is kind of different from the distance form the pole to the southernmost point. There is, therefore, no simple answer to your question.
Borneo is the 3rd largest island in the world. It is located in South East Asia and is shared amongst 3 different countries. Borneo consists of two Malaysian states (Sabah & Sarawak), one Indonesian state (Kalimantan) and one tiny nation on its own (Brunei).
What river in southwest Asia starts with E?
The Euphrates River is in southwest Asia. Southwest Asia includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Euphrates River passes through Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
Why was the region of southwest Asia important to colonial powers?
It had a strategic location in between Europe and East Asia and it had the largest petroleum reserves outside of Russia.
Is there a south east monsoon in India?
no southeast monsoons in india.there are only south-west and north-east monsoons.
southeast monsoon winds actually become the southwest trade winds due to the Coriolis effect of the wind.
Why are most people who practice a syncretic religion unaware that they do so?
Daoism, an ancient Chinese religion incorporates elements of Chinese folk religion and Chinese Buddhism.
At the time Islam arose in southern Arabia, paganism, Christianity and Judaism were contesting for followers. Islam can be said to incorporate elements of early Orthodox Christianity and of Judaism, as well as the local pagan beliefs. For example, Muslim jinn were known in pre-Islamic pagan belief.
Christianity is also a syncretic religion. It incorporates elements of Zoroastrianism that were not fully adopted by Judaism or, like hell or the evil personality of Satan, were subsequently rejected by Judaism. Within the context of their Judaic origin, some scholars also detect two different proto-Christian traditions that eventually merged to become modern Christianity. One is a sayings tradition that knew nothing of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, which Burton L Mack calls the Jesus Movement. The other, which Burton L Mack calls the Christ cult, taught of the crucifixion and destiny of Christ but knew little of the teachings attributed to Jesus. The 'Word' in John chapter 1 is based on the Greek Logos and entered Christianity via Philo of Alexandria.
Judaism is heavily syncretic. A number of concepts that were first adopted during the Babylonian Exile, parallel existing concepts in Zoroastrianism. The Jewish God was formerly known as YHWH (pronounced 'Yahweh', modern Hebrew: YHVH), but Keel and Uehlinger (Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel) say that Yahweh was originally a storm God, later becoming worshipped as the sun God and only being understood as a universal God in the late monarchy.
What I have tried to show here is that every religion, with the possible exception of Animism, is a syncretic religion - yet scarcely anyone thinks of his or her religion as syncretic. Most people who devoutly believe in a particular religion will think of it as the only true religion, which usually precludes knowledge of its syncretic past.
How did the holocaust affect southwest Asia?
The Holocaust affected the Middle East in two major ways:
The first and most lasting effect was the Creation of the State of Israel, which was realized in an attempt to give the Jews of Europe and the Middle East a homeland where they would not be subject to the type of persecution to which they had long suffered in Europe predominantly but the Arab World as well.
The second effect was the "Nazification" of Arab Nationalism. In many ways, leading Arab Nationalists became entranced by the Nazi ideology and began to enact anti-Jewish actions. In Tunisia, a mini-Holocaust also occurred during the Vichy French Occupation. In 1941, in Iraq, a pogrom called the Farhud occurred in which 200 Jews were killed and thousands severely wounded. After the wars conclusion, there were increasing recriminations against Jews in the Middle East. This prompted a mass Jewish exodus from the Arab World (850,000 people) from 1950-1952. There is still a policy of Judenrein in certain Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia.
How the Phoenicians affected development of civilization in Southwest Asia?
Phoenicians being next to the sea affected their lives greatly.
Because they were next to the sea, they could trade with many other city-states
Trading is how the Phoenicians became so rich and wealthy
They traded purple dye, which was very rare, and we discovered it in the sea
The Phoenicians spread the alphabet because they were next to the sea, and while trading, men would also trade ideas, like the alphabet. It became spread widely because they had access to many countries like Carthage, Algiers, Tangier,Cadiz, colonies in Sardinia, Corsica, Malta, Sicily, Crete, Santorini, Rhodes, and Cyprus.
Why does countries in central asia ends with tan?
The prefix -stan means "land of" in Persian and the Persian language used to be the dominant lingua franca of these countries (it still is in Tajikistan and half of Afghanistan though).
Is OPEC an example of supernationalism in the Middle East?
OPEC at present operates more or less as weak cartel. Saudi Arabia retains their critical role as being a swing player boosting production as they see fit, even if it means being at odds with OPEC productions quotas. The dramatic increases of North American oil and natural gas production has severely curtailed OPECs position economically and politically. The political questions of Saudi allied Arab States and Iran are also divisive against the notion of OPEC being currently supranational. That being said, their embargo in 1973 in retaliation for the Yom Kippur War had the hallmarks and foundation of supranational foreign policy making and governance.
What methods would you use to transport Caster Guitars from Asia to Mexico?
You must store them in their own case, and wrap them with LDPE to prevent anyone from opening the case. Surely at the airport you can ask for indications.
What are the subcontinents in Asia?
The term "subcontinent" is usually applied to India and the other countries in South Asia.
What is one reason that the Chinese had little impact on Southeast Asia?
The Chinese did not wish to export their culture
What was one effect of European trade in Southeast Asia?
1) The British colonized India.
2) India was under British rule for over 50 years.
3)The influence of Western ideas
apex: the influence of western ideas or brought Christianity to Asia
Why North Korea called the east Asia's red dragon?
because they believe the red dragon in south korea
