Wonders of Asia
Asia is usually defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia becoming the largest and
most populous continent of the world with around 4 000 millions people. It is surrounded by the
Pacific Ocean in the east, the Arctic Ocean in the north and the Indian Ocean in
the south. Asia has been cradle
of several of the greatest civilizations in the world’s history, like Mesopotamia, Persia, India and China, as well as main religions such as Christianity, Judaism,
Islam and Buddhism. Besides, the humanity owes to Asian civilizations many of the most important
technological advances of the History.
Asia houses many language families and many language isolates. A high percent of
the Asian countries speak more than one native language; and, according to ethnology
statistics are spoken more than 600 languages in Indonesia, more than 415 languages
in India, more than 100 languages in the Philippines; in addition to the many languages
and dialects spoken in the provinces of China. Currently, Asia has the third
nominal GDP of the continents, and its economy has grown since the World War
II to the XXI century; this growth has been concentrated mostly in four regions: South Korea, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and Singapore, which are known as the Asian Tigers or Pacific Rim. Besides, China and Japan are two of the most important economies in the World
This giant continent is very rich in natural
resources such as petroleum, fish, water and metals. This wonder
itself owns also some of the most impressive natural landscapes of the planet like Himalaya
Mountains, the Gobi Desert and many impressive structures created by men in both
antiquity and modern times.
Asia is full of wonders, let's get together to discover them all!
Wonders of Asia in interactive map
