Asia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...History Asia was the home of some of the worlds oldest civilizations. The empires of Sumer , Babylonia , Assyria , Media , and Persia and the civilizations of Islam flourished in SW Asia, while in the east the ancient civilizations of India , China , and Japan prospered. Later, nomadic tribes ( Huns , Mongols , and Turks ) in N and central Asia established great...