According to ehistorylib.com, China (official name: People’s Republic of China) is the largest country in East Asia and the fourth largest country in the world ( Russia, Canada and the United States are larger). With a population of more than 1.3 billion people, which is approx. one-fifth of the earth’s population, it is the world’s…
Category: Asia
Places to Visit in Japan
According to Mathgeneral, Japan is an East Asian state in the Pacific and comprises 6852 islands. In terms of area, Japan is the fourth largest island nation in the world. The main islands are Hokkaidō in the north, the central and largest island Honshu, and Shikoku and Kyushu in the south. Japan is 70% covered…
Pakistan Industry and Mineral Resources
Pakistani industry has been clearly directed to the processing of local agricultural products; however, some basic sectors have experienced a certain expansion, such as the iron and steel, chemical (production of nitrogen fertilizers, sulfuric acid, caustic soda, etc.), petrochemicals and mechanics, present with both assembly and repair industries (factories automotive, railway and aeronautical workshops, etc.)….
AFTA AT A GLANCE
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Background In 1992, the then six ASEAN states (Association of Southeast Asean Nations) initiated the establishment of a free trade zone, which was to be implemented through an extensive program for the gradual reduction of regional tariffs and which has now also been implemented as AFTA. AFTA is not an…
Cambodia Country Overview
(Preǎhréachéanachâkr Kâmpǔchéa). State of Southeast Asia (181,035 km²). Capital: Phnom Penh. Administrative division: provinces (20), municipalities (4). Population: 16.069.921 residents (2018 estimate). Language: Khmer (official), French. Religion: Buddhists 93%, Muslims 4%, Christians 2% others 1%. Monetary unit: riel (100 sen). Human Development Index: 0.582 (146th place). Borders: Laos (N), Thailand (N and W), Viet Nam…
Kyrgyzstan History
HISTORY: BEFORE INDEPENDENCE In the fifteenth century. Kyrgyz nomadic shepherds, coming from the territories north of present-day Mongolia, began to occupy both sides of the Tian Shan range (current border between China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan). From the beginning of the 1700s, severely attacked by the Mongols, many of these nomadic groups concentrated on the territory…
Information about India
India is chaotic, adventurous, confusing and present – pure bombardment of sensory impressions. In and out of an endless hustle and bustle, men in turbans, women in colorful saris, frantically honking cars, green autorickshas, fermented bicycle taxis, donkeys, camels and sacred cows flow. On this page you will find practical information and facts about India….
Uzbekistan History
Islamization and Mongolian Empires The area of today’s Uzbekistan, belonging to the historical region of West Turkestan, shared its history in antiquity and the Middle Ages (Turkestan , especially the landscapes of Sogdiana , Charism). At the beginning of the 8th century the area was conquered by the Arabs and then Islamized as part of…
Turkey Cinema
CULTURE: CINEMA Begun in 1914 with short films and war newsreels, the national production recorded a dozen films in the silent period and a hundred with sound up to 1950. The absolute ruler was Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892-1879), a man of the theater who limited himself to filming the own repertoire. Pioneer of the cinematographic language…
North Korea Wildlife and Economy
Animals and Plants What is growing in North Korea? There is a lot of forest in North Korea. More than 60 percent of the country’s area are forest areas, mostly mixed forests with oak, beech, maple and birch, trees that you can also find here. If you go up, you will also find many conifers…
Sri Lanka Wildlife and Economy
Animals and Plants Small country – great diversity! Due to the different climatic and landscape zones, the diversity of species in Sri Lanka is great. Animals that live in the rainforest are very different from those on the coast or in the mountains. There are 240 species of butterflies alone. But also the number of…
Thailand Wildlife and Economy
Animals and Plants Where did the woods go? In the middle of the last century, more than half of Thailand’s land area was still forest. These stocks have declined sharply, to only 20 percent in a few decades, and they continue to decline. These areas were cleared and often also settled in order to create…
Vietnam Wildlife and Economy
Animals and Plants The forests of Vietnam Forest extends over a quarter of the country in Vietnam. This used to be different, when two thirds of the country was forest. In the northwest there are primarily coniferous forests, but tropical rainforest, monsoon forest and mangrove forest also grow in Vietnam. The vegetation is also very…
Yemen History and Politics
Yemen was on the Frankincense Route We know little about the very early history of Yemen. But contacts between this region in southern Arabia and the Mediterranean were probably very early on. Frankincense in particular was traded because the famous Frankincense Route ran through the Yemen region. Dromedaries carried frankincense and myrrh, but also spices…
Vietnam History and Politics
1000 years of Chinese rule As early as 207 BC, The Lac Viet tribe conquered what is now Vietnam. Nam Viet means something like “southern country of the Viet”. The Red River Delta became the center of this forerunner of today’s state. The influence of the Chinese grew and about 100 years later, the Chinese…
North Korea Politics
Famine in North Korea In the 1990s the Eastern Bloc collapsed and this development had serious consequences for North Korea. The food situation deteriorated even further. If North Korea was previously supported by food imports, these suddenly stopped and the country was left on its own. In the absence of alternatives, supplies collapsed and many…
North Korea History
Kingdom of the Dolmens The Korean peninsula was inhabited 18,000 to 12,000 years ago. The people who settled there probably came from Siberia and Mongolia. Much of the world’s megaliths have been found in Korea. Korea is also known as the “Kingdom of the Dolmen”. Empire and conquest by Japan In the first centuries after…
Myanmar Culture and Tradition
Typical Myanmar One-legged rowers in Myanmar on Inle Lake Inle Lake is the most famous lake in Myanmar. The lake is an important source of food for the residents. In the surrounding villages, many live from fishing. The way people fish on Inle Lake, however, is a little different from what you may know. The…
Maldives Animals and Plants
Useful palm! The coconut palm is used in a variety of ways: The meat of the coconut is eaten, the milk is drunk and even the buds can be processed and then make a delicious vegetable. The rest of the nut is also processed and the wood is used for building ships and houses. Incidentally,…
Turkey Early History
Settlement of the Turkish area Where Turkey is today, people probably settled as early as the 7th millennium BC. Chr. People. Various archaeological finds indicate this. It is believed that the city of Troy was once located in what is now northwestern Turkey. You may know this city from the legend about Odysseus, who overcame…
Afghanistan Women
We know Afghanistan as the country in which officially there is no longer any war, but bombs are detonated again and again and suicide bombers are killing people. Thats all right. But despite all these events, the people in Afghanistan now also have an everyday life, because no one likes to think only of war,…
Brunei Overview
Animals and Plants Rainforest in Brunei Brunei is heavily forested: around three quarters of the entire state is covered with tropical rainforest. Which plants grow in the rainforest in Brunei? Different species of plants and animals live and grow in the rainforest. Many forest areas are referred to as so-called primary forests. These are forests…
Mongolia Everyday Life
What is a yurt? The yurt is the traditional tent used by shepherds in West and Central Asia. Not only in Mongolia, but also in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, people live in yurts. The yurt consists of a wooden frame. It’s always round and looks a bit like a little big top. The wooden frame is…
Malaysia Animals and Plants
Rainforests are huge habitats In East Malaysia we find one of the oldest tropical rainforests on earth, where many wild animals have survived. Almost four fifths of the country’s total area is covered by this rainforest. How many plants there are here is not exactly known. There are more than 8000 flowering plants, including 2500…
Kyrgyzstan Wildlife and Economy
Animals and Plants What is growing in Kyrgyzstan? Much of the landscape of Kyrgyzstan is steppe. Only grass and no trees grow there. Only 4 percent of the country’s area is covered by forest. Nevertheless, the country in the Jalalabad region has the largest walnut forest in the world. Most trees grow between 1,500 and…
Cambodia Animals and Plants
Animal Cambodia! More than 212 species of mammals live in Cambodia. This also includes animal species such as tigers, elephants, bears, rhinos and leopards. 720 species of birds feel at home in the forests of Cambodia and, as in many countries in Southeast Asia, butterflies show themselves in a wonderful variety in bright colors and…
Mongolia Wildlife and Economy
Animals and Plants Biodiversity in Mongolia You can discover over 130 species of mammals, over 430 bird species, 75 fish species, thousands of different plants and unfortunately more than 100 endangered plants in Mongolia. 10 percent of the country is covered with forest. These are mostly coniferous forests with spruce, larch, fir or pine. Steppes…
Cambodia Economy
Marked by history Although there are now fewer poor people in Cambodia than there were ten years ago and the country’s economy is growing, Cambodia is still one of the “less developed countries” (HDI). The consequences of the Vietnam War, the rule of the Khmer Rouge and the many civil wars can still be felt…
Myanmar Wildlife and Economy
Animals and Plants What is growing in Myanmar? The mountains and the coastal regions of Myanmar are determined by the tropical rainforest. In the river delta of the longest river Ayeyarwady grow mangroves. In the humid monsoon forest of Myanmar, teak trees and bamboo plants of various kinds stretch upwards. Incidentally, the teak tree can…
Cambodia Problems
The land of young people If you walk the streets of Cambodia, you may notice that there are a lot of young people walking around here – even more than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. You rarely see old people. Why is that actually? Are the people in Cambodia not getting that old? Or do…