lesson 1 (all about asia)
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WHY STUDY ASIA?
NOPPOLUAITPOPULATION
POPULATION
More than 6 billion people live in Asia
Site of early human settlement
Location of the oldest neolithic cities
Cradle of the oldest civilizations
LIREINGORELIGION
Shinto
Buddhism
Taoism Hinduism
ChristianityJudaism
Islam
Confucianism
RELIGION
ACCITRERTUEHARCHITECTURE
Asia boasts of great architectures like...
URNRETC TVEENSCURRENT EVENTS
Many current concerns taking place in Asia
It is in the forefront of significant global events
DUNESNRDTINGAUNDERSTANDING
Gain deeper understanding of the nature of Asian societies
Understand themes that highlight particular experiences of Asians
EB AMFLIRIABE FAMILIAR
Be familiar with the history of our neighboring Asian countries
REDIPPRIDE
Be proud of our Asian heritage
WKONNIGKNOWING
Studying ASIAOrigin and the two existing perspectives on Asia
Activity no. 2 Group yourselves into six Discuss your own take on the idea of
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu linking Europe with progress and Asia with backwardness.
Choose a representative who will share to the class the things you and your group have discussed.
The Origin of the Word “Asia” Greeks originally used the term not to
refer to the continent we know today but to a small region near Europe.
In the epic Iliad written by Homer, Asia is referred to as the continent that prevents eastward journeys of Aegean seamen
The Origin of the Word “Asia” Came from Aegean, the language of the
Greek population and the islands near them before 1600 B.C.E.
The Origin of the Word “Asia”
“Place of the rising sun”
“dawn”
“the east”
ASIAASU
The Origin of the Word “Asia” The word “Asia” was not present in any
of the native languages of Asia Ashiya (Chinese) and Ajiya (Japanese)
direct translations of the Aegean word Italian missionary Matteo Ricci China
first appeared in 17th Century Chinese literature
The Origin of the Word “Asia” Europeans West; Asia East By-product of the Eurocentric
viewpoint Europe = center Main reason why the naming of places
has always been relative to them
to whom is it meaningful?
ASIAN-CENTRIC POINT OF VIEW The role of Asians in molding the history and
culture of Asia as an important geographical and cultural region is given more emphasis
Asian Perspective
Asian in nature
Rightful importance
DISTORTED IMAGE Europe = weaponry, scientific instruments,
Christian symbols Asia = garments, camels, monkeys Ziaudin Sardar: Orientalism
Europeans used their own standards, making Asian civilization seem inferior
Unity in diversitymore similaritiesthan differences