trans-asian railway
71List of Russian explorers — The Russian Empire at its peak in 1866, including the spheres of influence; this territorial expansion largely corresponds to the extent of contiguous exploration by Russians. This is a list of explorers from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union …
72Russo-Japanese War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Russo Japanese War partof= caption= date=8 February 1904 ndash; 5 September 1905 place=Manchuria, Yellow Sea casus=Rival ambitions over Manchuria and the Korean peninsula territory= result=Japanese victory;… …
73Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
74Transport in India — The Mumbai Pune Expressway, India s first expressway …
75Railways — Along with steamships, the telegraph, advances in military hardware, and improvements in tropical medicine, railways were critical vehicles for the advancement of European empires, both formal and informal. From their initial development in… …
76Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition — Mahendra Pratap, centre, with (right to left) Maulavi Barkatullah, Werner Otto von Hentig, Kazim Bey, Walter Röhr. Kabul, 1916. The Niedermayer Hentig Expedition was a diplomatic mission sent by the Central Powers to Afghanistan in 19 …
77The Amazing Race 14 — Season run February 15, 2009 – May 10, 2009 Filming dates October 31, 2008[1] – November 21, 2008 No. of episodes 12[2] Winning team …
78Far East — Usually referred to today as East and Southeast Asia, the Far East encompasses the region of Asia that reaches geographically from the Malay Peninsula in the southwest to Korea and Japan in the northeast. Politically, a large part of the… …
79History of Central Asia — The history of Central Asia has been determined primarily by the area s climate and geography. The aridity of the region makes agriculture difficult, and its distance from the sea cut it off from much trade. Thus, few major cities developed in… …
80Harbin — Infobox Settlement name = Harbin official name = other name = Харбин native name = 哈尔滨市 nickname = Ice City, Oriental Paris settlement type = Sub provincial city motto = imagesize = 300px image caption = Hongbo Square and surrounding image image… …
