Asia

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Christopher Columbus was trying to find a westward route from Europe to Asia when he discovered the New World.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

A rush to build data centres in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in India and Southeast Asia, has sparked concerns over the facilities' environmental impact.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Seasonal agricultural burning, forest fires and weather patterns produce an annual pollution season across much of Southeast Asia.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Previously, the first known dice dated back to the Bronze Age about 5,500 years ago, in such places as Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley of Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Europeans today are heirs to one of the longest traditions of animal domestication on Earth—that which began in Southwest Asia around 10,000 years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond