the spread of islam over mainland asia china
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The spread of Islam over mainland Asia
China
Frontier
ChinaChina Proper
Mongolia
India
Japan
Taiwan
The Koreas
R. Huang He (Yellow)
R. Xi Jiang (Pearl)
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
R. Chang Jiang (Yangzi)
“Ganesh Invocation”,
Ananda
Reminders: East Asia is dominated by one-party China, but even multiparty alternatives (Japan, etc.) also have a modern history of largely (U.S.-) controlled economic development, challenging democracy. Post-Cold War retreat of US support contributes to weakening conditions.
Ganges R.
Brahmaputra R.Indus
R.
(Tibet)
China
India
Paki
stan Nepal Bhuta
n
W. Pakistan
Burma
E. Pakistan
after 1947
Bengal
Punjab
Kashmir
Srinagar
AmritsarLahore
Islamabad
The Farakka Barrage
(est.1976)
(Calcutta, 65km N of the sea)
Hugli R.
Brahmaputra R.
W. Pakistan
Burma
E. Pakistan
India
Ceylonafter 1947after 1971
Sri Lanka
BangladeshPakistan
Myanmar
after 1989
Myanmar
(Burma)
Tonlé Sap
West PapuaAmbon
Aceh
East
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