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  2. Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    Amsterdam was Europe's most important hub for the shipment of goods and was the leading financial centre of the Western world. [55] In 1602, the Amsterdam office of the Dutch East India Company became the world's first stock exchange by trading in its own shares. [56]

  3. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    APMA: Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa; APSG: Asia Pacific and Singapore; African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all fifty-four internationally recognized African nations plus the disputed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; See also the African Economic Community (AEC) Arab League: a regional organization of Arab countries

  4. Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Amsterdam is the country's most populous ... Middle, and West ... The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe and the largest port outside East Asia, ...

  5. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia

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    This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...

  6. West Asia - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  7. List of Asian countries by area - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of countries in Asia by area. [1] Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia.

  8. Boundaries between the continents - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the Middle Ages and into the 18th century, the traditional division of the landmass of Eurasia into two continents, Asia and Europe, followed Ptolemy, with the boundary following the Turkish Straits, the Black Sea, the Kerch Strait, the Sea of Azov and the Don (known in antiquity as the Tanais).

  9. Middle East and North Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) [1] or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), [2] [3] is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also called West Asia) and North Africa together.