Asia is made up of many unique and very different cultures. Learn about them one-by-one in the Asian History by Country Channel.
The Mesopotamians are said to have given the world irrigation, writing, organized religion, laws and the concept of time. Why were they so advanced? What makes Mesopotamia the cradle of civilization? See more »
Several ancient texts cite the story of Noah, a man who built a giant vessel, filled it with animals and endured a flood. Did this event play out in history?
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The nation known today as Vietnam has been referred to by many names over the centuries -- Van Lang, Au Lac, Nam Viet, Giao Chi, Giao Chau, Van Xuan, An Nam, Dai Co Viet, Dai Viet, Dai Ngu -- so it's not hard to imagine that it can be quite confusing separating fact from fiction in regard to this particular region of the world. See if you've got what it takes on this quiz.
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Before Martin Luther King Jr., another man advocated civil disobedience: Gandhi. When India was under Britain's thumb, Gandhi's salt march became his most successful campaign in history.
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The Mesopotamians are said to have given the world irrigation, writing, organized religion, laws and the concept of time. Why were they so advanced? What makes Mesopotamia the cradle of civilization?
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Asia is the birthplace of all the earliest known civilizations except that of Egypt; of most of the great language families; and of all the great religions.
See more »The independent existence of Afghanistan dates only from the mid-18th century, but archeologists believe that the area was inhabited as early as the Old Stone Age.
See more »The ancient kingdom of Urartu arose in the ninth century B.C. in the region that later became Armenia.
See more »Bahrain was the site of Dilmun, a trade center that thrived intermittently from about 2600 to 600 B.C.
See more »History of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is the eastern part of the historic region of Bengal.
See more »Throughout its history, Burma has alternated between periods of unity and disunity.
See more »The earliest recorded history of Cambodia comes mainly from Chinese sources. They refer to a kingdom called Funan that was established in the first century A.D.
See more »History of China. Prehistoric humans inhabited China as early as 600,000 years ago.
See more »The ancient Greeks and Phoenicians colonized Cyprus and it later was part of the Persian and Roman empires.
See more »The area of what is now Georgia was settled by people from Asia Minor in the 12th century B.C.
See more »The civilization of India is very ancient. In the Indus Valley are ruins of a civilization of high order that flourished from about 2300 B.C.
See more »In the Mediterranean. Fossil remains of Java Man show that Java was inhabited by apelike humans about 500,000 years ago.
See more »Iran is the native name for Persia. In 1935 the shah (king), Riza Khan Pahlavi, insisted the country be called “Iran” by other nations.
See more »Modern Iraq includes the territory known in ancient times as Mesopotamia. This region, consisting of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the first centers of civilization.
See more »In 1917 the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, pledging its support for a Jewish national home in Palestine.
See more »Japan's earliest past is obscured in legend. There is little authenticated history of Japan before the Christian Era.
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