is the continent’s highest point, andDeath ValleyinCalifornia, at 282 feet (86 metres) below sea level, is its lowest. North America’s coastline of some 37,000 miles (60,000 km)—the second longest of the continents after Asia—is notable for the great number of indentations, particula...
2,500,000 to 150,000 years ago) and was characterized by the use of simple stone hand axes, choppers, and cleavers. First evident about 1,500,000 years ago, it seems to have spread from eastern Africa throughout the continent and also to Europe and Asia during the Middle Pleistocene Ep...
AsiaAfrica and Latin AmericaThis article deals with different memoirs and journals of Yugoslav diplomats that focus on Yugoslavia's relations with a number of different Asian, African and Latin American countries. By analyzing these works this article tries to put reminisc...
The countries ofChinaand India are by far the largest in both economic terms and population in Asia but also the entire world. Keep in mind that the countries that represent the continent of Asia are always changing. Like any large geopolitical landscape, new countries are always in the making...
aIt is one of the few countries apart from United States of America that is multicultural, meaning that people in Australia can get things from almost any culture. From lebanese bread from the Middle East, to Tofu from Asia, to fish and chips from England. Everything combines in a very ...
Founded in 1922 as a confederation of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Transcaucasia (comprised of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia), the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) eventually grew to 15 republics—and a world-wide superpower. Nearly 130 ethnic groups populated the vast country, which...
Guo Yan, a professor at Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology, said that compared with China, the export of textile products in Southeast Asia has increased rapidly, but the scale is relatively small. "Compared to the comparison between a child and an adult, it can not be compared with the...
English speaking countries of Asia Asia is home to a few of the most populated countries in the world, such as India and China. In Asia, five recognize and speak English as their official language. However, that doesn’t mean that English is not commonly spoken in other Asian countries!
ASTANA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Kazakhstan, the first leg of his ongoing Central Asia trip, has yielded fruitful results, a testament to China's commitment to jointly building a more substantive and dynamic China-Kazakhstan community with a shared futur...
Europe is the second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia). It occupies nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. The long processes of his