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Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/ ^ⓘAY-zhə,UK also/ˈeɪʃə/AY-shə) is the largestcontinent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of thehuman population, was the site of many of thefirst civilisations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.

Asia shares thelandmass ofEurasia withEurope, and ofAfro-Eurasia with both Europe andAfrica. In general terms, it is bounded on the east by thePacific Ocean, on the south by theIndian Ocean, and on the north by theArctic Ocean. The border of Asia with Europe is ahistorical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. A commonly accepted division places Asia to the east of theSuez Canal separating it from Africa; and to the east of theTurkish straits, theUral Mountains andUral River, and to the south of theCaucasus Mountains and theCaspian andBlack seas, separating it from Europe.

Since the concept of Asia derives from the term for the eastern region from a European perspective, Asia is the remaining vast area of Eurasia minus Europe. Therefore, Asia is a region where various independent cultures coexist rather than sharing a single culture, and its boundary with Europe is somewhat arbitrary and has moved since its first conception inclassical antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflectsEast–West cultural differences, some of which vary on a spectrum. (Full article...)

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The word "Telugu" in the Telugu script

Telugu (/ˈtɛlʊɡuː/;తెలుగు,Telugu pronunciation:[ˈt̪eluɡu]) is aDravidian language native to the Indian states ofAndhra Pradesh andTelangana, where it is also theofficial language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-twoscheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than oneIndian state, alongsideHindi andBengali. Telugu is one of the languages designated as aclassical language by theGovernment of India. It is the fourteenth most spoken native language in the world. Modern Standard Telugu is based on the accent and dialect of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and West Godavari districts ofCoastal Andhra.

Telugu is also spoken in the states ofKarnataka,Tamil Nadu,Maharashtra,Chhattisgarh,Orissa and the union territories ofPuducherry andAndaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of theTelugu diaspora spread across countries like theUnited States,Australia,Malaysia,Mauritius,UAE,Saudi Arabia, and others. Telugu is the fastest-growing language in the United States. It is also a protected language inSouth Africa and is offered as an optional third language in schools inKwaZulu-Natal province. (Full article...)

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Cambodia, officially theKingdom of Cambodia, is a country inMainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered byThailand to the northwest,Laos to the north, andVietnam to the east, and has a coastline along theGulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898square miles), dominated by a low-lying plain and the confluence of theMekong river andTonlé Sap,Southeast Asia's largest lake. It is dominated by atropical climate. Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnicallyKhmer. Its capital andmost populous city isPhnom Penh, followed bySiem Reap andBattambang.

In 802 AD,Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes ofChenla under the name "Kambuja". This marked the beginning of theKhmer Empire. TheIndianised kingdom facilitated the spread of firstHinduism and thenBuddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region, the most famous of which isAngkor Wat. In the 15th century, it began adecline in power until, in 1863, Cambodia became aFrench protectorate. FollowingJapanese occupation duringWorld War II, Cambodia declaredindependence from France in 1953. TheVietnam War embroiled the country incivil war during the 1960s, culminating in a1970 coup which installed the US-alignedKhmer Republic and the takeover of the communistKhmer Rouge in1975. The Khmer Rougeruled the country and carried out theCambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, until they were ousted during theCambodian–Vietnamese War. Peace was restored by the1991 Paris Peace Accords and subsequentUnited Nations peacekeeping mission, establishing a new constitution, holding the1993 general election, and endinglong-term insurgencies. The1997 coup d'état consolidated power under Prime MinisterHun Sen and theCambodian People's Party (CPP). (Full article...)

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Hasekura portrayed during his mission in Rome byArchita Ricci, 1615

Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (支倉六右衛門常長; 1571–1622) was akirishitan Japanesesamurai and retainer ofDate Masamune, thedaimyō ofSendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties toEmperor Kanmu. Other names includePhilip Francis Faxicura,Felipe Francisco Faxicura, andPhilippus Franciscus Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, as he took abaptismal name upon converting toCatholicism.

In the years 1613 through 1620, Hasekura headed theKeichō Embassy (慶長使節), a diplomatic mission toPope Paul V. He visitedNew Spain and various other ports-of-call in Europe on the way. On the return trip, Hasekura and his companions re-traced their route across New Spain in 1619, sailing fromAcapulco forManila, and then sailing north to Japan in 1620. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Asia-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Chicken tikka, a well-known dish across the globe, reflects the South Asian cooking style. (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 2East Asian cultural sphere (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 3Sculpture ofPrince Shōtoku (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 4Indonesian Balinese cuisine (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 5The global contribution to world's GDP by major economies from 1 AD to 2003 AD according to Angus Maddison's estimates. Before 18th century, China and India were the two largest economies by GDP output. (fromAsian Century)
Image 6Daily life of people from theSong period at the capital, Bianjing, today'sKaifeng (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 7TheSong dynasty and main polities in Asia c. 1200 (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 8Political cartoon depicting the AfghanEmir Sher Ali with the rival "friends" theRussian Bear and British Lion (1878) (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 9India's middle-class population of 300 million is growing at an annual rate of 5%. Shown here is the skyline inSouth Mumbai. (fromAsian Century)
Image 10Map of Marco Polo's travels (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 11Kabsa also called Majboos, famous inSaudi Arabia,Kuwait,Qatar,Oman,Bahrain, andUnited Arab Emirates (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 12TheTaipei 101 skyscraper inTaipei, Taiwan, which was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010 (fromAsian Century)
Image 13The Qing Empire in 1832. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 14TheSilk Road in Asia (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 15Korean peninsula in 476 AD. There are three kingdoms and Gaya Union in the picture. This picture shows the heyday ofGoguryeo (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 16TheHan dynasty and main polities in Asia c. 200 BC (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 17A view of theFort St George in 18th-centuryMadras. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 18Sun temple at Konarka, Odisha, India (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 19Political map of Asia in 1860 (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 20British troops takingZhenjiang from Qing troops (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 21TheDelhi Sultanate. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 22Church of the Holy Sepulchre inJeruslam (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 23Detail of Chinesesilk from the 4th century BCE. The characteristic trade of silk through theSilk Road connected various regions from China, India, Central Asia, and the Middle East to Europe and Africa. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 24A stone image of theBuddha (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 25Daian-ji temple at Nara, Japan (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 26Machiya in Heian period (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 27TraditionalRajasthani garments fromJaipur,Rajasthan (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 28Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine inJerusalem. (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 29Projected shares of global GDP by region to 2050 (fromAsian Century)
Image 30Angkor Wat,Khmer Empire (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 31Eunpyeong Hanok Village inSeoul, South Korea (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 32Deoksugung, the palace where Emperor Gojong establishedKorean Empire. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 33Borobudur, a Buddhist temple in Indonesia (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 34TheQing conquest of the Ming and expansion of the empire (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 35theGoryeo ware, which shows splendid culture ofGoryeo in mediaeval Korea. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 36A Confucian ritual ceremony inJeju, South Korea (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 37TheSyriac Orthodox Saint Ahoadamah Church was a 7th-century church building in the city ofTikrit, one of the oldest in the world until its destruction by theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant on 25 September 2014. (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 38The Hindu-Buddhist temple ofAngkor Wat. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 39Badshahi Mosque built under theMughal emperor Aurangzeb inLahore, Pakistan (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 40Hinduism expansion in Asia, from its heartland in Indian Subcontinent, to the rest of Asia, especially Southeast Asia, started circa 1st century marked with the establishment of earlyHindu settlements and polities in Southeast Asia. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 41Language families in South Asia (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 42Tang dynasty Chinese poet Li Bai, in a 13th-century depiction byLiang Kai (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 43Gojong (1852–1919), the 26th king ofJoseon dynasty and the first emperor ofKorean Empire. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 44Byzantine and Sassanian Empires in 600 AD (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 45Invasions, destruction and possible population movements during theLate Bronze Age collapse, beginningc. 1200 BC (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 46The Taj Mahal, Agra, India (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 47Robert Clive andMir Jafar after theBattle of Plassey, 1757 by Francis Hayman (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 48Map of Asia for early 20th century (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 49The Russian Znamensky Cathedral inTyumen built in 1768 (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 50A typical example ofDravidian architecture (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 51TheFirst Persian Empire at its greatest extent, c. 500 BC (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 52TheMughal ambassador Khan’Alam in 1618 negotiating withShah Abbas the Great ofIran. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 53Philippine cuisine (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 54The third Inter-Korean Summit, which was held in 2018, between South Korean presidentMoon Jae-in and North Korean supreme leaderKim Jong Un. It was a historical event that symbolized the peace of Asia. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 55Battle of Talas between Tang dynasty andAbbasid Caliphate c. 751 (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 56Ancient ziggurat, Iraq (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 57Theearly Muslim conquests, 622–750 (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 58Map of Asia (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 59TheGreat Wall of China atJinshanling (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 60Gyeonghoeru ofGyeongbokgung, theJoseon dynasty's royal palace. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 61The Great Wave off Kanagawa,c. 1830 by Hokusai, an example of art flourishing in the Edo Period (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 62Detail of theDragon Throne used by theQianlong Emperor of China,Forbidden City,Qing dynasty. Artifact circulating in U.S. museums on loan from Beijing (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 63Population concentration and boundaries of theWestern Zhou dynasty in China (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 64TheGrand Mosque inKuwait City, one of the largest mosques in the region (fromCulture of Asia)
Image 65Here a Jesuit, Adam Schall von Bell (1592–1666), is dressed as an official of the Chinese Department of Astronomy. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 66Balhae in the north,Later Silla in the south (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 67Somehenges atGöbekli Tepe inTurkey were erected as far back as9600 BC, predating those ofStonehenge, by over seven millennia. (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 68Đại Việt,Champa,Angkor Empire and their neighbours, late 13th century (fromHistory of Asia)
Image 69Map ofVietnam showing the conquest of the south (theNam tiến, 1069–1757). (fromHistory of Asia)

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Guanyin with bare chest. Japan, 12th century

Yerevan

Credit: Սէրուժ Ուրիշեան (Serouj Ourishian)

Mount Ararat and theYerevan skyline. The Opera house is visible in the center.

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Did you know...

... thattsunami stones serve as risk warnings for tsunamis in Japan?
... thatTao Asian Bistro was used byThe New York Times to test new conversation-boosting features in Apple'sAirPods Pro?
... that even though a village said that it did not want a church, Indonesian politicianThoriqul Haq allocated land and money to build one along with amusalla?
... that texting someone apoop emoji in Japan is a way to wish them good luck?
... that according to its presidentSaid Iqbal, Indonesia'sLabour Party would form "personal" coalitions with presidential candidates?
... that Canadian microbiologistPatricia Taylor helped American diplomats hide in her house in Tehran during theIran hostage crisis?
... that David Ben Avraham was granted Israeli residency afterbeing killed by an IDF soldier?
... thatorigami fortune tellers may have originated in Europe rather than Japan?
... that a municipal purchase of 177 motorcycles byHevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu, the mayor ofSemarang, Indonesia, caused a social media controversy due to media misreporting?
... thata Syrian filmmaker repurposed footage fromhis first film inhis last film in order to criticize his younger self?

Updated: 1:05, 25 November 2025

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24 November 2025 –Gaza war: TheUnited States andIsrael-backedGaza Humanitarian Foundation announces it will permanently wind down operations after it had already closed most of its distribution sites.(AP)
24 November 2025 –Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: AJamaat-ul-Ahrar suicide bomber blows himself up outside theFederal Constabulary headquarters inPeshawar,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan, killing three people and wounding two others. Two more armed attackers attempt to enter the camp andopen fire, wounding nine other people, before being killed in ashootout.(Dawn)
24 November 2025 –: Five people are killed and 13 others are injured after a bus carrying pilgrims overturns and plunges into a gorge inTehri Garhwal,Uttarakhand,India.(The Indian Express); Seven people are killed and more than 30 others are injured after two private busescollided head-on inTenkasi district,Tamil Nadu, India.(The Independent)(The Hindu)
24 November 2025 –Capital punishment in Sri Lanka: A court inEmbilipitiya,Sabaragamuwa Province,Sri Lanka, sentences ten people, including three women,to death for the murder of a man in October 2011. Sri Lanka has an unofficial moratorium in place, with the last execution taking place in 1976.(OnLanka)(Mirror Sri Lanka)
24 November 2025 –: One person is killed and ten others are injured after a manrams his car into pedestrians inTokyo,Japan. The perpetrator is arrested bypolice at the scene.(The Independent)(AP)

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150pxTaj Mahal world heritage site in Agra, India.

Credit: David Castor

The Taj Mahal (Hindi: ताज महल, from Persian/Urdu: تاج محل "crown of palaces") is a white Marblemausoleum located inAgra,India. It was built byMughal emperorShah Jahan in memory of his third wife,Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage." Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish and Indian architectural styles.

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