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THE EAST
A world within worlds.
Asia is the largest continent by every measure — landmass, population, linguistic diversity, and the span of civilizations it has produced and absorbed. It contains the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, the highest mountain range, the most practiced religions, and the most varied built environments on earth.
To approach it region by region is the only honest way. East Asia’s spatial logic is not Southeast Asia’s; the Islamic architecture of Southwest Asia is not the Hindu temple complex of South Asia. What connects them is the depth of culture — the accumulated weight of civilizations that have been building, trading, and translating across one another for millennia.
Regions of Asia
Turkey (part Europe), Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Oman, Yemen
Russia (part Europe), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives
Philippines, Indonesia, East Timor, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar
Asia is best approached with a specific question — which tradition, which city, which layer of history you most want to understand.
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