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ASIA 



tion of one hundred billion pounds is one hun- 

 dred times that of Europe, its nearest rival in 

 this respect. 



The finest rugs in the world come from Asia ; 

 those from Persia, Turkey, Bokhara, Khiva, 

 Turkestan and India are especially prized. 



Siberia's wheat crop is about equal to Sas- 

 katchewan's. 



When Marco Polo's famous book about Asia 

 first appeared people thought it was fiction. 

 But his stories and those of other travelers 

 about the wealth of these far-away regions led 

 to the discovery of America, which all early 

 explorers thought was a part of Asia. See 

 POLO, MARCO. 



An interesting contrast is observable in the 

 popular names of the founders of two of those 

 great religions which originated in Asia. The 

 Buddha is known, as in Edwin Arnold's poem, 

 as the "Light of Asia," while the founder of 

 Christianity bears the less-localized title of 

 "Light of the World." JJt. 



Related Subject*. The reader who wishes 

 more detailed information as to Asia will find 

 it in the following articles : 



UNCLASSIFIED TOPICS 



Cathay 

 East Indies 

 Gobi 



Khybu Pass 

 Levant 



Malay Archipelago 

 fcfenr 



Pamir 



Saghalien 



Tartary 



CITIES AND TOWNS 



Not all of the cities and towns of Asia are 

 listed here, as those of Asia Minor, China. India, 

 Japan, Palestine, Siberia and Turkey are indexed 

 under those headings. 



Acre 

 Aden 

 Antioch 

 .Bangkok 

 Beirut 

 I >;ini;isf-us 

 Gaza 

 Hanoi 

 Herat 

 Ispahan 

 Kabul 

 Kashcar 



Lhasa 



Malacca 



MMttaa 

 tfMhhad 



Arabian Sea 

 Arctic Ocean 

 Bengal, Bay of 



Black Sea 

 China Sea 



Mu-cat 



Nimrud 



Nineveh 



Palmyra 



Seoul 



Persepolls 



Rangoon 



Saigon 



Samarkand 



SI lira/. 



Sldon 

 Bom 



Tabrlx 

 Teheran 



Tyn- 

 Yurknnd 



COAST WA 



Mediterranean 8< 

 Okhotsk. Sea of 

 Pacific Ocean 

 Persian Gulf 



H.-.I BM 



Y.-lluw S.-ii 



LAKES AND SEAS 



Aral Dead Sea 



Baikal Galilee, Sea of 

 Balkash 



MOUNTAINS 



Altai Hindu-Kush 



Arafat Karakorum 



Ararat Kuen Lun 



Carmel Lebanon, Mountains of 



Caucasus Nebo, Mount 



Elburz Olives, Mount of 



Everest, Mount Stanovoi 



Fujiyama Tabor, Mount 



Ghats Taurus 



Hermon Tian-Shan 



Himalaya Yablonol 



PEOPLES 



In addition to these, there are in the articles 

 on the various countries subheads treating of the 

 people : 



Aino Kirghiz 



Arab Mahrattas 



Aryan Mongols 



Bedouins Negritos 



Dyaks Semites 



Kalmucks Turks 



CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS 



Orangrutan 

 Buffalo PtftOMk 



Pleasant 



Cobra Rhinoceros 



CraeodOt Tiger 



Elephant Yak 



Lion /.-!. 11 



