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Population pyramid of Central Asia in 2023 Ethnic map of Central Asia. White areas are thinly-populated semi-desert. The three northwest-tending lines are the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Rivers flowing from the eastern mountains into the Aral Sea and in the south the irrigated north side of the Kopet Dagh mountains.
Map of Central Asia for overview of trade routes and movements from 128 BC to 150 AD: Date: Dated 1876 Published 1877: Source: F. von Richthofen (1877). China: Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und darauf gegründeter Studien. Band 1, Einleitender Theil [China: Expedition results and studies based thereupon. Volume 1, Introductory Part].
In medieval T and O maps, Asia makes for half the world's landmass, with Africa and Europe accounting for a quarter each. With the High Middle Ages, Southwest and Central Asia receive better resolution in Muslim geography, and the 11th century map by Mahmud al-Kashgari is the first world map drawn from a Central Asian point of view.
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The six regions of Asia include: Central Asia Commonly understood as comprising the former Soviet Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. East Asia Commonly understood as comprising China, Hong Kong , Japan, Macau , Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. [16]
West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia , the Arabian Peninsula , Iran , Mesopotamia , the Armenian highlands , the Levant , the island of Cyprus , the Sinai Peninsula and the South Caucasus .
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name = West and Central Asia Name used in the default map caption; image = West Asia non political with water system.jpg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 50.5 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 7.49 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 16.5 Longitude at left edge of map, in ...