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Asia. By Eleanor Joyce City of Salem Schools. The Taj Mahal. Angkor Wat is a Hindu Temple built to the God Vishnu in the 1100s. This temple was discovered in the Cambodian rain forest. The carvings are extremely ornate.
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Asia By Eleanor Joyce City of Salem Schools
Angkor Wat is a Hindu Temple built to the God Vishnu in the 1100s. This temple was discovered in the Cambodian rain forest. The carvings are extremely ornate.
In order to climb to the top of the temple, one must climb these very steep (70° incline)
In Asia, many people live on the water. Pictured below is a floating market.
A Pagoda This is typical of the architecture seen in Asia.
Terraced farming in Asia. Because of this process of shaping the land, there is an abundance of farm land in the region.
A religious shrine in an intersection. What sign of globalization do you see in the photo?
Today, China's half-a-million square kilometer Loess plateau is very favorable for farms and grazing if the rainfall is enough, Nearly the whole Loess Plateau is being exploited by agriculture and it has about one-fifth of China's tillable land and supports more than one-fifth of its population.
Blowing sand from the Sahara Desert creates loess landforms in China.
Ideograms A character or symbol representing an idea or a thing without expressing the pronunciation. A stop sign is an example of an ideogram. Silk Drought
Jewels Many jewels are mined in Asia. Sapphires and rubies are found in Southeast Asia