Research Asia
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The United Nations divides the large continent of Asia into these regions:
| Central Asia | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Eastern Asia | China, Hong Kong, Macao, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and Republic of Korea |
| Southern Asia (Indian Subcontinent) | Afghanistan, Himalayan States of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives |
| Southwest Asia (or Middle East) |
Syria, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran |
| Northern Asia | Siberia (Russia), Kazakhstan |
| Southeast Asia | Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia, Vietnam |
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Central Asia
Eastern Asia
China
Southern Asia (Indian Subcontinent)
India
Afghanistan
- (e-book) Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan. Westport, Conn. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.
- (e-book) Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Lanham, Md. Scarecrow Press, 1997.
- (database) Contemporary Women's Issues - Access to global information on women. Search by country or region. Use the Find It button to access fulltext articles.
- (database) PAIS International & Archive - Public Affairs International Service
- (database) Human Rights Watch
Southwest Asia (or Middle East)
Israel- Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY) (translated, "Daughters of Jacob Bridge")
- Naama Goren-inbar (Archaeologist from Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Civilization estimated 780,000 years old
- Jordan River Valley - Acheulean culture
- Connections between the Acheulean culture and African cultures (style of tools)
- When did human language begin? What does "being linguistic" vs. using language mean?
- When did modern hunting begin? What is "modern?"
- Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites. by Kooyman, Brian P. Publication: Calgary University of Calgary Press, 2000.
- Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction. by Lewin, Roger. Publication: Malden, Mass. Blackwell Science, 1999.
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"The Echoes of Ancient Humans: Artifacts from Israel suggest that people developed language and other key abilities early in their evolution." The Chronicle 1/27/2006.
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Ideas for Resources:
eHRAF Archaeology
Oxford Companion to Archaeology (Acheulean Stone Tools, Origin and Spread of the Acheulean, Settlements)
List of archaeological periods (from Wikipedia)
Anthropological Literature (Use the Find It button to determine whether sources are online or available in paper.)
Books in Griffin: Look under Palestine Antiquities.
eBooks from NetLibrary: