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Asia
Asia is the largest continent, stretching from Anatolia and the Middle East to East Asia and the Pacific. It was home to many of the empires covered by the site, including the Achaemenid, Maurya, Han, Tang, Mongol, Mughal and Ming empires. Its overland and maritime trade routes linked these states to Europe and Africa, and from the sixteenth century European powers such as the Portuguese and British empires expanded into it.
Mentioned in 106 profiles
Abbasid CaliphateSocioeconomy, MilitaryAchaemenid EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactAfsharid EmpireMilitary, ImpactAssyrian EmpireFoundationAyyubid EmpireSocioeconomyBritish EmpireMilitary, DeclineChagatai EmpireSocioeconomy, Military, ImpactDelhi SultanateMilitaryDutch EmpireMilitaryEmpire of JapanSocioeconomy, ImpactGupta EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactHan DynastyMilitary, ImpactIlkhanateFoundation, SocioeconomyKhazar KhaganateFoundationKhmer EmpireFoundation, Impact, SummaryKhwarazmian EmpireImpact, SummaryMacedonian EmpireSocioeconomy, Military, Impact, DeclineMajapahit EmpireImpactMaurya EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactMing EmpireSocioeconomy, Impact, Decline, SummaryMongol EmpireFoundationMughal EmpireSocioeconomy, Impact, SummaryOttoman EmpireFoundation, Socioeconomy, ImpactParthian EmpireSocioeconomyPortuguese EmpireFoundation, ImpactPtolemaic EmpireImpactRashidun CaliphateSocioeconomy, MilitaryRussian EmpireImpactSasanian EmpireSocioeconomy, Impact, DeclineSeleucid EmpireFoundation, Impact, SummarySeljuk EmpireFoundation, Socioeconomy, Military, ImpactSikh EmpireImpactSong DynastySocioeconomySpanish EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactSrivijaya EmpireFoundation, Impact, DeclineTang DynastyGovernance, SummaryTimurid EmpireMilitary, ImpactUmayyad CaliphateFoundation, Military, Impact, DeclineXiongnu EmpireFoundation, Socioeconomy, Impact, Decline, SummaryYuan DynastyFoundationViceroyalty of PeruImpactCommonwealth of AustraliaSocioeconomy, Military, SummaryYuezhiSocioeconomy, Impact, SummaryGoguryeoImpactKushan EmpireSummaryEastern JinSocioeconomyTibetan EmpireSocioeconomy, Impact, SummaryBalhaeGovernanceKara-Khanid KhanateImpactGhurid SultanateImpactLiao dynastyImpactGhaznavid EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactJin dynasty (1115-1234)ImpactGolden HordeSocioeconomy, SummaryRyukyu KingdomSocioeconomy, SummaryKazakh KhanateImpactDzungar KhanateImpactPeople's Republic of ChinaImpactBosporan KingdomMilitaryRhodesFoundationAntigonid Kingdom of MacedoniaFoundationRepublic of VeniceImpactVolga BulgariaSocioeconomy, ImpactKingdom of PontusGovernanceAlansSocioeconomyShirvanshah StateSocioeconomyQajar IranImpactUnited Arab EmiratesSocioeconomyPallava dynastySocioeconomy, Impact, DeclineSatavahana dynastyImpactChalukyas of BadamiSocioeconomyPala EmpireSocioeconomy, Impact, SummaryPagan KingdomImpactWestern Chalukya EmpireSocioeconomySukhothai KingdomSocioeconomy, ImpactLan NaSocioeconomy, ImpactBahmani SultanateSocioeconomyAyutthaya KingdomImpact, SummaryBengal SultanateSocioeconomyBrunei SultanateSocioeconomy, SummarySulu SultanateImpactAceh SultanateFoundation, Military, ImpactKonbaung dynastyFoundationRattanakosin KingdomImpactBritish RajImpactFrench IndochinaImpactIndonesiaSocioeconomy, ImpactMalaysiaImpactSocialist Republic of VietnamImpactCape ColonyFoundationArabicSpeakers, Legacy, SummaryAramaicSummaryBahá'í FaithSpreadBuddhismBeliefs, Texts, Spread, Community, Legacy, SummaryChristianityOrigins, Spread, Community, LegacyClassical ChineseOrigins, Speakers, Change, Legacy, SummaryConfucianismSpread, Community, Legacy, SummaryHinduismTexts, Spread, Legacy, SummaryIslamSpreadManichaeismTexts, Spread, LegacyNorse religionTextsOld TurkicOrigins, Grammar, Change, LegacyPersianOrigins, Speakers, Change, LegacySanskritOrigins, Grammar, Speakers, Literature, Change, LegacySikhismLegacyKingdom of MapungubweSocioeconomy
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Asia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/asia
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- “Asia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/asia. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Asia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/asia.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Asia’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/asia (Accessed: ).
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