| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Asia |
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| World’s largest continent, joined to Europe to the west, forming Eurasia. | 1 |
| ‡ Site of some of the world’s earliest civilizations. | 2 |
| ‡ With three-fifths of the world’s population, Asia has some of the world’s greatest population densities. | 3 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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