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Interesting Facts About Asia Not Known Before

By Susan Martinez on Feb 16, 2010 |Travel

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Asia is known as the land of culture, traditions, and sustainablecivilization throughout the world. However, few things about are notknown to the world, at least commonly, that are worth knowing. Let’sdiscuss what the hidden or Interesting Facts About Asia are. • Physical Massiveness Covering around one-third of the earth’s land, Asia is physically the largest continent on the globe. The landmass of this continent is bigger that the total area of the moon. It is also the most densely populated area. • Population The total population is North America, South America, andCentral America is less than population of India alone. Quitesurprising, isn’t it? It is also calculated that over 61% of total population of ourworld resides in Asia. However, more than half of total Asia’spopulation is in China and India, with 1.3 and 1.1 billionrespectively. • Birth of Human Civilization There isn’t any evidence, but it’s been said that birth of humancivilization took place somewhere amid Euphrates and Tigris in Asia. • Religious Diversification Due to inclusion of numerous countries, Asia is a land where youwill find most number of religions on earth. Major religions in Asiaare Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, and Taoism. Though Middle East is known as land of Islam, more number ofMuslims resides in South Asia. However, Muslims are less than 15% ofworld’s population. Bangladesh, a diminutive country in Asia, is one of the mostdensely populated countries on earth, with around 86% Muslims and 14%Hindus. You will find that Asians are more religious than any other typeof population on earth. According to a law in Maldives, a country withover 99% Muslim population, it’s not legal for tourists to get morethan one bible along with them. This is mainly because the governmentfears that tourists may distribute to the local people. These Interesting Facts About Asia are quite surprising as well. • Physical Leader Being the most massive continent, Asia embraces 10 of the tallest mountains of the world. So, it essentially has the highest point of earth. However, it has the lowest point as well. Dead Sea in Asia isaround -395 meters. Most of the greatest rivers on earth have theirsources in the mountains located in Asia. • Financial Stability The countries of this continent are quite affected by global crises, however, not as much as the western countries. China, Japan, and India are quite strong economies of the world, and one among them will very soon grab the top position. Hence, it’s quite appropriate to say that the definition of Asiais much broader than people’s perception. These Interesting Facts AboutAsia reveal much more than we knew, isn’t it? Yet, there is more. Susan Martinez is a writer. She travel around the Asia andguides the travellers how to travel Asia. For more information on TheGreat Wall of China, Taj Mahal history, Angkor Wat temple and other Interesting Facts About Asia visit www.travelasia360.net .

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