Physical Boundaries That Separate Asia From Europe And Africa

GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA

1.A. How did Asia become a continent, who were the key players that determined the continent's creation, and the naming of the area as such? The word “Asia” was known to be derived from the Greek word “Ἀσία”. It was believed that Herodotus, a Greek Historian and was referred to as the “Father of History, because he mentioned the word Asia and described the area in full detail in his Histories. Although there is a great possibility that he was not the first person to name Asia, he was stilled recognize since his writings were the eldest writings that named the area as Asia. However, Asia at that time did not pertain to the continent, instead, it referred to an area at the eastern side of Aegean Sea and is presently part of Turkey.

1.B. How do you describe the geography of Asia? Discuss the physical boundaries that separate Asia from Europe and Africa. What were the reasons for the drawing of such boundaries? Europe and Asia actually lie on the same landmass or tectonic plate and they are often called as the EurAsian supercontinent. Despite this fact, Europe and Asian are still considered as separate continents divided by the boundaries: Aegean Sea, Dardanelles Sea, parts of the watershed of

They belittled Asia’s capacity, that is they didn’t believe that some of the things that we have up to this day were actually first discovered or invented in Asia. Researches in archaeology however changed this belief of Western people. Their eyes were opened to the realities that they were not the ones who began and initiated everything that we have today. They were brought back to the ground through the discoveries of Asia’s influential and impactful achievement which was brought about by the researches in Asia’s archaeology. These researchers soon challenged the validity of American-centered frameworks and soon dominated these false beliefs of