Introductory article on Asia.
Introductory article on Asia. Asia is one of the seven largest continents in the world. It covers 8.6% of the total land area, 29.4% of the total land area and 60% of the total population. It is home to more than half the world's population Asia is traditionally part of Eurasia, with Europe to the west. Asia is located east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus, the Himalayan Karakoram, and the Hindu Kush, the Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea. Before the Middle Ages, Europe did not consider Asia to be a continent, but in the Middle Ages, during the European Renaissance, the idea of three continents disappeared and Asia was recognized as a continent. The Suez and Red Sea borders Africa and Asia, while the border between Europe and Asia extends from the Daniel Pass, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus, the Red Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, the Urals and the Ural Mountains to the Kara Sea. Gen