the nations of the Asian continent collectively | an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism |
the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations | a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 |
| state combining the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and currently under Israeli occupation |