Gourt > Health > Public Health and Safety > Emergency Services > Fire Fighting > Asia
Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition. It covers 8.7 percent of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.8 percent of its land area, and it contains more than 60 percent of the world's human population.
Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.
Etymology
The word Asia entered English, via Latin, from Ancient Greek Ασία (Asia; see also List of traditional Greek place names). This name is first attested in Herodotus (about 440 BC), where it refers to Asia Minor; or, for the purposes of describing the Persian Wars, to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. Herodotus comments that he is puzzled as to why three different women's names are used to describe a single land mass (Europa, Asia and Libya, referring to Africa), stating that most Greeks assumed that Asia was named after the wife of Prometheus but that the Lydians say it was named after Asias, son of Cotys who passed the name on to a tribe in Sardis. More on [ Asia ]
RT @haramuseum: ãªããã¨ã«ã®åã©ãåãã¯ã¼ã¯ã·ã§ããããµãããªç¾å®ãã¯ãã©ã³ã¹ã®åã©ãæãã©ã³ãããã³ãã¯ã³ãã¨ã®å ±å¬ãåã©ãéã«ç¾è¡ã¨è¦ªããã§ã»ãããã¨ããä½å®¶ã®æãã«å ±æãå®ç¾ãã¬ãçµµã¨ARã®äºé¨æ§æãhttp://t.co/tbv83KGe
yukinko_o (yukinko_o) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:26:19 -0000
RT @haramuseum: オトニエルの子ども向けワークショップ「ふしぎな現実」はフランスの子ども服ブランド「ボンポワン」との共催。子ども達に美術と親しんでほしい、とい
Filipino Chinese Youth Volunteer Fire Department - Located in Manila. Includes history, station and apparatus pictures, services, and contact information.
Hong Kong Fire Services Department - Includes organization, operations, fire safety, mission statement, and public notices.
Malasysian Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association - Providing volunteer support for fire and rescue operations. Includes overview, organizational chart, units, and programs.
Tamil Nadu State Fire Service - Details of services, tips and posters on fire prevention, fire station contact details, statistics, photo and video gallery.
Tokyo Fire Department - Includes organization, operations, emergency medical services, earthquake preparedness, public and international relations, and training.
| New security stronghold planned in Central Asia | |
| Next Video | |
