Asia (Human)

This includes several more or less natural regions. These include Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia Central Asia, and North Asia.

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History

The history of Asian geography is not as well known as that of other areas. Prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory can be considered.

Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, and 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennium BC including the 10th century BC, 9th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected.

Classical and medieval history

Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century can be connected. Late medieval times including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be connected.

Modern history

The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 19th century can be connected. In the 19th century, previously largely unfamiliar areas were explored. I do not yet have detail of the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century, or late 19th century.

In the 20th century, its exploration has been hindered somewhat by political concerns. The early 20th century can be connected. The early mid 20th century including the early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. The mid 20th century including the early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected. The late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be connected. Developments from the late 20th century including the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s can be connected.

Early 21st century

The early 2000s including 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 can be connected. The late 2000s including 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 can be connected. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 including the first quarter 2011 and second quarter 2011 can be connected.

Sociology

Peoples of the world

Peoples of the world can be connected. Particular nations such as Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Russia will be helpful. Asiatic peoples including those of India may have been important in studying their own geography. Oriental peoples including those of China are closely connected. Middle Eastern peoples have had influence throughout Asia and described much of it. North African peoples may have described it a little. Peoples of Western civilization, including Anglic peoples such as the United States have explored Asian geography, but knowledge is not particularly widespread.

Communities

Communities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, and New York City can be connected.

Social structure and change

Social change including particular changes, social change processes, and social change factors can be connected. Social types including industrial society, agrarian society, horticultural society, and hunting and gathering society can be connected. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion with religious beliefs, practice, organization, and particular religions will be significant. Government including law, government structure, government practice, and particular governments can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industries, and economic activities can be connected. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be connected. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected.

It is also connected to culture, including material culture. Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected.

This is connected to other areas of anthropology including social foundations, demography, and physical anthropology. Human ecology including effects of the environment, relations with other life, and effects of people on the environment is significant. This is fairly closely connected to and not always clearly distinguished from European geography. It is also connected to Oceanic geography and African geoaphy. It is separated from North American geography and South American geography by the Pacific ocean. There may also be connections with particular groups.

Personal studies, not a great deal on the human body or psychology, but most particularly on biography. There are some connections to science, not so much on physics or chemistry, but a little on astronomy, and more on earth science and biology.