Here is your go-to student resource on primary geography concepts, including facts about the surface of the earth and its hemispheres, latitude and longitude, globes, types of maps, and identifying continents and oceans.

Milk: It does a body good ... or does it? Using the provided website, scholars sort through information to answer the question. They review a chart demonstrating lactose intolerance by ethnicity and region, and they also compare the...

Website on Asian history features information on the Emperor Jimmu and the conquest of the East.

Points of interest throughout east Asia.

Prior to 1948, Jewish communties were found discontinuously in an area stretching from southwest Asia across North Africa, from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the north to Yemen in the south, and from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in...

A comprehensive overview of Southeast Asia under Japanese control during WWII, including Asian responses to Japanese occupation.

Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Mongolia in East Asia.

Lists the 49 countries in Asia and their capitals, organized by geographical region.

Although lesser known than the Dutch and British East India trading companies, the Swedes were very involved in the trade to Asia. Gotheborg.com provides a history of the company and the goods that it purchased and sold.

This site deals with the human rights issues of religious and ethnic conflict that have occurred in Indonesia and throughout Asia in the late 1990s, particularly in East Timor. Article also includes information about US-Taliban relations...

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of China in East Asia.

Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Japan located in East Asia.

This site presents a variety of facts about the Heian and Kamakura periods in Japanese history.

Learn about the different cultures that make up Southeast Asia. Using this alphabetical list, click on a specific group of people and read information about their culture, history, economy, sociopolitical organization, and religion.

Collection of 21 Grade-Leveled texts (4-11) on the topic "Ancient Civilizations Around the World." Learn about ancient and medieval civilizations from South America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in this text set. [Free account...

Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Jordan located in the Middle East.

Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Yemen in the Middle East.

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Syria in the Middle East.

The term "Ghorbat" is applied to several non-food-producing, itinerant populations of fairly low status throughout the Middle East and even beyond, in parts of formerly Soviet Central Asia and the Balkans. These peripatetic populations...

In this page there is information pertaining to the Onin War and the factors that influenced it.

This site contains information about the armor worn by the Japanese military and armies of the past.

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Oman in Southwest Asia.

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Timor-Leste in Southeastern Asia.

Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Hong Kong located in Eastern Asia.