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Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition. It covers 8.7 percent of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.8 percent of its land area, and it contains more than 60 percent of the world's human population.
Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.
Etymology
The word Asia entered English, via Latin, from Ancient Greek Ασία (Asia; see also List of traditional Greek place names). This name is first attested in Herodotus (about 440 BC), where it refers to Asia Minor; or, for the purposes of describing the Persian Wars, to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. Herodotus comments that he is puzzled as to why three different women's names are used to describe a single land mass (Europa, Asia and Libya, referring to Africa), stating that most Greeks assumed that Asia was named after the wife of Prometheus but that the Lydians say it was named after Asias, son of Cotys who passed the name on to a tribe in Sardis. More on [ Asia ]
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Bali is one of the best destination in the world for pleasure & # 1 in Asia, looking for big land in Bali..this is just an introduction ...
ElvinElv (Elvin Elviana) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:42:30 -0000
Bali is one of the best destination in the world for pleasure & # 1 in Asia, looking for big land in Bali..this is just an introduction ...
The arrogance of children -- and the 40 year olds deserve it - Cnet Asia: *The arrogance of children -- and th.. http://twurl.nl/83cc7q
JCFonline (JCFonline) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:41:22 -0000
The arrogance of children -- and the 40 year olds deserve it - Cnet Asia: *The arrogance of children -- and th.. http://twurl.nl/83cc7q
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED IN 2009 ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS! http://tinyurl.com/ygxlhuj
APSAs (APSA) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:41:12 -0000
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED IN 2009 ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS! http://tinyurl.com/ygxlhuj
About to go to Tokyo to show Misha's Vineyard wines to Japanese sommiiers. Asia is showing great interest in Pinot Noir and white aromatics.
ANWIL (Andy Wilkinson) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:40:45 -0000
About to go to Tokyo to show Misha's Vineyard wines to Japanese sommiiers. Asia is showing great interest in Pinot Noir and white aromatics.
I'm going to bed....BYE!!!<<----& Happy b-day to my baby My'Asia....she turned 7 2day...she's growing up so fast :(
xoJamaraxo (Jamara Myrie) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:40:11 -0000
I'm going to bed....BYE!!!<<----& Happy b-day to my baby My'Asia....she turned 7 2day...she's growing up so fast :(
baru lewat jalan naripan, braga dan asia afrika.. kangen! udah lma g lewat jalan2 ini.. >.<
ryan_ruth (Ryan Ruth) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:39:25 -0000
baru lewat jalan naripan, braga dan asia afrika.. kangen! udah lma g lewat jalan2 ini.. >.<
From Clinic to Court: The Making of a Feminist Physician in the Philippines - Dr. Sylvia de la Paz interviewed by Delia D. Aguilar about her experiences of human rights abuses during the Marcos regime, her medical career, and emergence as a feminist leader.
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Gender, Nation, Colonialism: Lessons From The Philippines - Essay by Delia D. Aguilar on the Philippine progressive movement's refusal or inability to acknowledge the significance of feminist insights in the articulation of transformational politics.
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Woman Suffrage - Speech opposing woman suffrage in the Philippines by Resident Commissioner Manuel L. Quezon, Oct. 1914.
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Women of the Philippines - Speech by Clemencia Lopez at the annual meeting of the New England Woman's Suffrage Association, May 29, 1902, highlighting American and Filipino women's mutual desire to participate in their nation's political affairs.
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