Asia (Listeni / ˈeɪʒə / or / ˈeɪʃə /) is the largest and most densely populated continent in the world, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. This continent covers 8.7% of the total surface area of the earth and consists of 30% of the land area. With around 4.3 billion people, there are 60% of the world's human population today. Asia has a high growth rate in the modern era. For example, during the 20th century, the Asian population almost quadrupled. [3]
The continent of Asia and Europe are continents connected by land and both form a giant continent called Eurasia. The boundary between Asia and Europe is so vague that some countries like Turkey can sometimes be included in Asia and Europe. Some of the landscapes often used to separate the two continents are the Dardanella Strait, Marmara Sea, Bosporus Strait, Black Sea, Caucasus Mountains, Caspian Sea, Ural River (or Emba River), and the Ural Mountains to Novaya Zemlya. Besides being directly adjacent to the Continent of Europe, the Asian Continent also has a direct border with the African Continent which has a land border and meets around the Suez Canal.
The continent of Asia and Europe are continents connected by land and both form a giant continent called Eurasia. The boundary between Asia and Europe is so vague that some countries like Turkey can sometimes be included in Asia and Europe. Some of the landscapes often used to separate the two continents are the Dardanella Strait, Marmara Sea, Bosporus Strait, Black Sea, Caucasus Mountains, Caspian Sea, Ural River (or Emba River), and the Ural Mountains to Novaya Zemlya. Besides being directly adjacent to the Continent of Europe, the Asian Continent also has a direct border with the African Continent which has a land border and meets around the Suez Canal.
Given its size and diversity, the Asian concept - the name goes back to classical times - actually might have more to do with human geography than physical geography. [4] Asia is very diverse and in each region there are ethnic groups, culture, environment, economy, historical relations and government systems.
The word "Asia" goes into Indonesian, through Dutch, from Ancient Greek Ασία (Asia; see also list of names of traditional Greek places). This name was first tried in Herodotus (in 440 BC), which refers to Asia Minor; or, with the intention of describing the Persian War, to the Persian Empire as enemies of Greece and Egypt. Even before Herodotus, Homer learned of the Trojan gap named Asios, the son of Hyrtacus, ruler of several cities, and he described swamps as "ασιος" (ilias 2, 461). The Greek term derived from Assuwa, a confederation of state states in Western Anatolia in the 14th century BC. Hittite assu - "Good" is probably part of that name.
In addition, the main origin of the word from the term is probably from the word Akkadian (w) aṣû (m), which is still a relative of the Hebrew word יצא, which means "out" or "ascending", referring to the sun at dawn in the Middle East, and also seems to be related to the Phoenician word which means east. This contrasts perhaps with the origin of the proposed European word, from Arabic and Parsi erēbu "entering" or "immersing" (for the sun). However, the origins of Mesoppotamia or Middle East hopes will not explain how the term "Asia" first came together with Anatolia as living in the west of the Arabic Persian regional language.
