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The "classic" GeoGuessr game mode consists of five rounds, each displaying a different street view location for the player to guess on a map. The player then receives a score of up to 5,000 points depending on how accurate their guess was, up to 25,000 points for a perfect game. Games may be user-generated or randomly generated from a pool of ...
East Asiais a geographical and cultural region of Asiaincluding the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. [2][3]Additionally, Hong Kongand Macauare two coastal cities located in the south of China with autonomous status under Chinese sovereignty. The economies of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwanare ...
The Kingdom of Pagan ( Burmese: ပုဂံခေတ်, pronounced [bəɡàɰ̃ kʰɪʔ], lit. 'Pagan Period'; also known as the Pagan dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Myanmar. Pagan's 250-year rule over the Irrawaddy ...
001 – World. Southeast Asia[ a] is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. [ 5] Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of ...
We will be traveling in Thailand (12 days), Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam over 4 weeks in February 2014, often by bus. We like to follow our itinerary on a map. Any suggestions for a good map of the whole area - one we generally won't need a magnifying glass for, that is easily packable in a large fanny pack and that can be written on with a highlighter?
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ( Japanese: 大東亞共榮圈, Hepburn: Dai Tōa Kyōeiken), also known as the GEACPS, [ 1] was a pan-Asian union that the Empire of Japan tried to establish. Initially, it covered Japan (including annexed Korea ), Manchukuo, and China, but as the Pacific War progressed, it also included territories ...
East Asia generally encompasses the histories of China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan from prehistoric times to the present. [1] Each of its countries has a different national history, but East Asian Studies scholars maintain that the region is also characterized by a distinct pattern of historical development. [2]
For most of the pre-modern period, Chinese culture dominated East Asia. Scholars in Vietnam, Korea and Japan wrote in Literary Chinese and were thoroughly familiar with the Chinese classics. Their languages absorbed large numbers of Chinese words, known collectively as Sino-Xenic vocabulary, i.e. Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean and Sino-Vietnamese.