East Timor or Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island ...
Additionally, areas like the Gaza Strip and West Bank have long been contested between Palestinian and Israeli politics, as well as other partially recognized states in the Middle East that have had close historic ties with Asian countries, such as India or other nations from Southeast Asia. Othe...
This article uses public opinion data derived from the AsiaBarometer 2006 and 2007 Surveys of 12 East and Southeast Asian countries to map what citizens actually think about their structures, processes, and outcomes of governance and compare these with the regime classifications of political scientists...
The Middle East is a culturally diverse region of Asia. This lesson is a collection of map games to teach and review the political geography of...
served in the Texas Revolution (1836), the Mexican War (1846-1848), and were active in political life in the Republic and State of Texas. In 1837 when the town incorporated, the name was changed to "Bastrop" to honor the Baron de Bastrop, influential early land agent and statesman. The...
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Mountains, Valleys & Canyons in East Asia China is a large country, and it is particularly rich in mountains. China includes the majority of the largest mountain range in the world: the Himalayas. The Tibetan Plateau has been part of China since it was seized in the 1960s, and it's oft...
Located off the coast of mainland Southeast Asia in the Indian and Pacific oceans, Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies). Although Indonesia did not become the country’s official name until the time of independence, the name was used as early as ...
. Each object is also georeferenced in a map view, both by geographic origin of the document and by locations associated with items in the collection. Product Fact SheetRequest TrialRelated Resources East View Archive Editions: East and Southeast Asia E-Book Collection East View Archive Editions...
It also has major shipping communications with the chief ports of the Indo-Pacific region because it lies along the main sea route from Singapore and Jakarta to the Pacific and eastern Asia. There is an international airport at Tanjungperak. Notable sites in the city of Surabaya include the ...