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"In the late 8th to early 7th century BC, Scythian steppe warriors conquered Central Eurasia and peripheral regions in Iran and China, revolutionizing the local cultures. A nomadic herding people who lived with their cats in felt-tent homes on wheels, the Scythians spread their complex, mobile, highly innovative culture into the frontiers of Southeast Europe, the Near East, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia. They produced the world's first "global"...
4) Asia
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Provides a simple introduction to some of the geographical features of the continent of Asia.
5) Asia
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24 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
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A very brief introduction to the geography and various regions of Asia, the largest and most populous continent in the world.
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64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
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A photo-illustrated overview of Asia that describes the continent's history, environments, people, culture, religions, natural resources, economy, foreign relations and trade, and wildlife, and discusses its future.
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viii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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The peoples of Asia now make up more than half of the world's population. They are increasingly well-educated, and successful in every area of modern trade and technology. Their influence in the rest of the world is also becoming greater. [The author] provides [an] introduction to their history and traditions, from prehistory right up to the present day.
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496 pages : map ; 24 cm
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In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train (mostly) through Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. In short, he traverses all of Asia top to bottom, and end to end. In the three decades since he first travelled this route, Asia has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed, China has risen, India...
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viii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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While European intellectual, cultural, and commercial life stagnated during the early medieval period, Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of religious, commercial, and intellectual connections, the different regions of Asia's vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with commerce, international diplomacy, and the brisk exchange of ideas. Stewart Gordon has fashioned a look at Asia...
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Everyman's library volume 313
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This extraordinary travelogue has enthralled readers for more than seven centuries. Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of the splendid cities and people he encountered on his journey along the Silk Road through the Middle East, South Asia, and China opened a window for his Western readers onto the fascinations of the East and continued to grow in popularity over the succeeding centuries. To a contemporary audience, his colorful stories--and above all,...
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