Aspects of the topic Asia are discussed in the following places at Britannica.
Assorted References
- civil-law procedure (in procedural law: Civil-law procedure and common-law procedure)
- elections (in election (political science): History of elections)
- witchcraft (in witchcraft: Witchcraft in Africa and the world)
agriculture
- early society (in origins of agriculture: Agriculture in ancient Asia)
- horse breeding (in horse (mammal): Asian)
- rice cultivation (in cereal processing: Cultivation)
arts
- percussion instruments (in percussion instrument (musical instrument): Percussion instruments in Asia)
- wind instruments (in wind instrument (music): In Asia)
commerce, industry, and mining
- clothing and footwear industry (in clothing and footwear industry: Modern developments)
- natural gas resources (in natural gas: Asia)
economics, finance, and currency
- property tax (in property tax: Administration)
education
- legal education (in legal education: Common-law countries; in legal education: Trends in legal education )
- religious schools (in Christianity: Forms of Christian education)
- universities (in university: Reorganization, secularization, and modernization in the 19th and 20th centuries)
history
- coins and coinage (in coin: Coins of Asia)
- Cold War (in international relations (politics): Asia beneath the superpowers)
- colonial hunting (in hunting (sport): Asia.)
- dress and adornment (in dress (body covering): The Middle East from the 6th century; in dress (body covering): The history of Eastern dress )
- European colonialism (in history of Europe: The scramble for colonies)
- prehistory (in Stone Age (anthropology): Asia)
- rise of nationalism (in nationalism (politics): Asian and African nationalism)
- ships and shipping (in ship: Asian ships; in ship: 15-century ships and shipping; in ship: Fulton’s steamboat )
- trade with Europe (in colonialism, Western (politics): Early European trade with Asia)
labour and management
- sweatshops (in sweatshop (labour))
physical geography
(in Asia: Relief; in Altai Mountains (mountain range, Asia) )- boreal forest (in boreal forest (northern forest): Origin)
- continental comparison (in continent (geography))
- Devonian System deposits (in Devonian Period (geochronology): Asia)
- geologic history of coal (in coal (fossil fuel): The fossil record)
- karst landscape (in cave: Geographic distribution of karst terrain)
- scrublands (in scrubland (ecology): Environment)
- Yangtze River (in Yangtze River (river, China))
population and demography
(in Asia: People; in population (biology and anthropology): Trends in world population )- ethnic groups (in ethnic group)
religion
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Christian missions
(in Christianity: Roman Catholic mission, 1500–1950)- Reformed and Presbyterian (in Reformed and Presbyterian churches (Christianity): Asia)
- Roman Catholic (in Roman Catholicism: Missions in Asia)
- indigenous religions’ response to Christianity (in Christianity: Christianity and world religions)
- purification rites and customs (in purification rite (anthropology): General concepts)
- shamanism (in shamanism (religion))
science and technology
- anthropology (in anthropology: Anthropology in Asia)
- bridges (in bridge (engineering): Asian cantilever and arch bridges)
- Internet (in Internet (computer network): Society and the Internet)
social issues
- alcoholism (in alcoholism: Causes of alcoholism)
- race and social division (in race (human): European conquest and the classification of the conquered)
- slavery (in slavery (sociology): Slave-owning societies)
- urban planning (in urban planning: New towns)
sports
- boxing (in boxing (sport): Asia)
- football (in football (soccer): Asia and Oceania)
People
- A.-H. Anquetil-Duperron (French scholar and linguist)
- Afonso de Albuquerque, the Great (Portuguese conqueror)
- Anthony van Diemen (Dutch colonial administrator)
- Benjamin of Tudela (Spanish rabbi)
- Colin Thubron (British author)
- Edward Said (American critic)
- Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (American writer and photographer)
- Fernão Mendes Pinto (Portuguese author)
- Freya Stark (British author)
- Gunnar Myrdal (Swedish economist and sociologist)
- Hermann Alexander, Graf von Keyserling (German philosopher)
- Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville (French cartographer)
- João de Barros (Portuguese historian)
- Laurence Binyon (English scholar and poet)
- Max Müller (German scholar)
- Niccolò dei Conti (Italian merchant)
- Okakura Kakuzō (Japanese art critic)
- Paul Theroux (American author)
- Roy Chapman Andrews (American naturalist)
- Sir William Jones (British orientalist and jurist)
- Sylvain Lévi (French orientalist)
- Vasco da Gama (Portuguese navigator)
- Xuanzang (Buddhist monk)
Places
- Afghanistan
- Anatolia (historical region, Asia)
- ancient Greek civilization (historical region, Eurasia)
- Armenia
- Asia
- Asia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Byzantine Empire (historical empire, Eurasia)
- Cambodia
- China
- Georgia
- Himalayas (mountains, Asia)
- history of Mesopotamia (historical region, Asia)
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea (historical nation, Asia)
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Mount Everest (mountain, Asia)
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Oman
- Ottoman Empire (historical empire, Asia)
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia
- South Korea
- Southeast Asia
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Taiwan (self-governing island, Asia)
- Thailand
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (historical state, Eurasia)
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
Other
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (international organization)
- Asiatic Society of Bengal (Oriental studies society)
- Bandung Conference (Asia-Africa [1955])
- Bian Canal (canal, China)
- Colombo Plan (international organization)
- continent (geography)
- Earth (planet)
- Far Eastern Economic Review (magazine)
- Immigration Restriction Act (Australia [1901])
- Indian Platform (geological region, Asia)
- International Refugee Organization (historical UN agency)
- Roman road system
- Silk Road (trade route)
- White Australia Policy