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10 richest families in Asia who turned simple businesses into billion-dollar companies

Asia was the birthplace of most of the world's mainstream religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, and many other religions.

Asia is now the largest developing region in the world. Asia is located east of the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and the Ural Mountains, south of the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea.

Asia is the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia has both the highest and the lowest points on the surface of Earth, has the longest coastline of any continent, and is subject overall to the world’s widest climatic extremes.

Explore the Asia map showing all countries, boundaries, and major regions. Asia is the largest and most populous continent, with 49 UN member states and several other territories.

Asia is divided into five major regions: Central, East, South, Southeast, and Western Asia, plus North Asia, covering Siberia.

A map of Asia with countries and labels, including outlines of all the countries. It includes southeast Asia, Middle East and central Asia.