About 840 results for ‘Asia’
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Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 3.9 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. During the 20th century Asia's population nearly quadrupled. Asia is defined according to similar definitions presented by the Encyclopædia Britannica and the National Geographic Society as 4/5 of the landmass of Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – located to the east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. It contains one country in the Mediterranean Sea - Cyprus. Given its size and diversity, Asia – a toponym dating back to classical antiquity – "is more a cultural concept" incorporating diverse regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity Asia differs very widely among and within its regions with regard to ethnic groups, cultures, environments, economics, historical ties and government systems.
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SAIGON (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Asia
- Cage (enclosure)
- Ho Chi Minh City
- House
- Market
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- Date:
- 19th century
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CANTIQUES SPIRITUELS. / S.T FRANCOIS-XAVIER / APOTRE DES ...
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- Boat
- Christian cross
- Francis Xavier
- Littoral zone
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- mors (fragment)
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- 15th century
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- mors | mors anti-cabreur
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- 19th century
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- mors | mors anti-cabreur
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- 19th century
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- Designation:
- étrier
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Designation:
- mors
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- 19th century
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- Designation:
- mors
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- 19th century
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- Designation:
- mors
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- 19th century
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- Designation:
- mors
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
PORTRAIT D'ASIATIQUE (?) DE PROFIL
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Michel Dorigny
L'ASIE
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L'ANGE ET TOBIE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Asia
- Dog
- Hygiene
- Mountain
- Raphael (archangel)
- Swagger stick
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles Le Brun
LES DIFFERENTES NATIONS DE L'ASIE
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
LES QUATRE PARTIES DU MONDE SOUTENANT LA SPHERE CELESTE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
LES QUATRE PARTIES DU MONDE SOUTENANT LA SPHERE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 19th century
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