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  1. //  asia.ttt
  2.  
  3.  
  4. #c <n>Asia<l>45N80E<rad>3000
  5.  
  6.  
  7. //  The idea of the geographical hierarchy has some issues that remain to be ironed out,
  8. //  and which are most evident in Asia.  Several regions have names which have changed
  9. //  over the ages, and the use of a simple temporal filter, as in Twistory 1.0, does not handle
  10. //  this well.  For example, what region should Jerusalem be in?
  11.  
  12.  
  13. //  Southwest Asia
  14.  
  15. #c <n>Southwest Asia<l>32N50E<rad>2000<reg>Asia
  16.  
  17.  
  18. //  Asia Minor
  19.  
  20. #c <n>Anatolia<l>38N30E<rad>250<reg>Southwest Asia
  21.  
  22. #c <n>Turkey<l>39N36E<rad>600<nat>Turkish<reg>Southwest Asia
  23.  
  24. #c <n>Asia Minor<l>38N35E<rad>400<reg>Southwest Asia
  25. #c <n>Ephesus<l>3755N2719E<reg>Asia Minor
  26. #c <n>Smyrna<l>3825N2708E<reg>Asia Minor
  27. #c <n>Samos<l>3745N2650E<reg>Asia Minor
  28. #c <n>Rhodes<l>3615N2810E<reg>Asia Minor
  29. #c <n>Issus<l>3632N3610E<aka>Iskenderun<reg>Asia Minor
  30. #c <n>Lycia<l>37N29E<rad>100<reg>Asia Minor
  31. #c <n>Myra<l>3615N30E<reg>Lycia
  32.  
  33.  
  34. //  Near East (as I have arbitrarily defined it)
  35.  
  36. #c <n>Near East<l>34N37E<rad>500<reg>Southwest Asia
  37.  
  38. #c <n>Palestine<l>32N35E<aka>Canaan<rad>120<reg>Near East
  39. #c <n>State of Israel<l>3110N3450E<rad>100<nat>Israeli<reg>Palestine<col>50 90 100
  40. #c <n>Jerusalem<l>3147N3510E<reg>Palestine
  41. #c <n>Qana<l>3312N3517E<reg>Palestine
  42.  
  43. #c <n>Lebanon<l>3345N3545E<rad>70<reg>Near East
  44. #c <n>Beruit<l>3353N3531E<reg>Lebanon
  45.  
  46. #c <n>Syria<l>35N38E<rad>200<nat>Syrian<reg>Near East
  47. #c <n>Damascus<l>3330N3618E<reg>Syria
  48. #c <n>Antioch<aka>Antakya<l>3614N3610E<reg>Syria
  49.  
  50.  
  51. //  Arabia
  52.  
  53. #c <n>Arabia<l>23N45E<rad>750<nat>Arabian<reg>Southwest Asia
  54. #c <n>Mecca<l>2130N3954E<aka>Makkah<reg>Arabia
  55.  
  56.  
  57. //  Middle East (as I have defined it here)
  58.  
  59. #c <n>Middle East<l>33N54E<rad>1000<reg>Southwest Asia
  60.  
  61. #c <n>Afghanistan<l>34N66E<rad>400<reg>Middle East
  62.  
  63. #c <n>Iran<l>33N55E<rad>700<nat>Iranian<reg>Middle East
  64. #c <n>Tehran<l>3544N5130E<reg>Iran
  65.  
  66. #c <n>Iraq<l>33N43E<rad>700<nat>Iraqi<reg>Middle East
  67.  
  68.  
  69. //  Central Asia
  70.  
  71. #c <n>India<l>22N78E<rad>900<nat>Indian<reg>Asia
  72. #c <n>Kozhikode<l>1115N7543E<reg>India
  73. #c <n>Punjab<l>31N76E<rad>80<reg>India
  74. #c <n>mouth of the Indus<l>24N6730E<reg>India
  75. #c <n>Bhopal<l>2320N7730E<reg>India
  76.  
  77. #c <n>Nepal<l>28N8430E<rad>250<reg>Asia
  78. #c <n>Mount Everest<l>2805N8658E<reg>Nepal
  79.  
  80.  
  81. //  U.S.S.R.
  82.  
  83. #c <n>U.S.S.R.<aka>Soviet Union<l>59N80E<rad>2500<nat>Soviet<reg>Asia
  84. #c <n>Siberia<l>63N110E<rad>1500<reg>Russia
  85. #c <n>Tunguska<l>6136N9018E<reg>Siberia
  86.  
  87.  
  88. //  China & Mongolia
  89.  
  90. #c <n>China<l>32N108E<rad>1200<nat>Chinese<reg>Asia
  91. #c <n>Beijing<l>3955N11620E<reg>China
  92. #c <n>Lu<aka>Shandong<l>36N118E<rad>250<reg>China
  93.  
  94. #c <n>Mongolia<l>46N105E<rad>750<nat>Mongol<reg>Asia
  95.  
  96.  
  97. //  Eastern Asia
  98.  
  99. #c <n>Eastern Asia<l>37N133E<rad>2000<reg>Asia
  100.  
  101. #c <n>Japan<l>36N138E<rad>1000<nat>Japanese<reg>Eastern Asia
  102. #c <n>Hokkaido<l>4330N143E<rad>200<reg>Japan
  103. #c <n>Honshu<l>37N139E<rad>400<reg>Japan
  104. #c <n>Tokyo<l>3545N13945E<reg>Honshu
  105. #c <n>Shikoku<l>3330N133E<rad>120<reg>Japan
  106. #c <n>Kyushu<l>3230N13115E<rad>150<reg>Japan
  107. #c <wat><n>Sea of Japan<l>39N135E<rad>500<reg>Japan
  108.  
  109. #c <n>Korea<l>38N127E<rad>300<nat>Korean<reg>Eastern Asia
  110.  
  111.  
  112. //  Southeast Asia
  113.  
  114. #c <n>Southeast Asia<l>17N102E<rad>1000<reg>Asia
  115.  
  116. #c <n>Vietnam<l>16N108E<rad>400<reg>Southeast Asia
  117. #c <n>North Vietnam<l>21N105E<rad>250<nat>North Vietnamese<reg>Vietnam
  118. #c <n>South Vietnam<l>12N108E<rad>250<nat>South Vietnamese<reg>Vietnam
  119. #c <wat><n>Gulf of Tonkin<l>20N108E<rad>200<reg>Vietnam
  120.  
  121.  
  122. //  Old Empires
  123.  
  124. #c <n>Mesopotamia<l>33N45E<rad>650<reg>Middle East
  125.  
  126. #c <n>Phoenicia<l>3345N3545E<rad>70<reg>Near East
  127. #c <n>Tyre<l>3312N3511E<aka>Sur<reg>Phoenicia
  128.  
  129. #c <n>Gaugamela<l>36N4345E<aka>Irbil<reg>Mesopotamia
  130.  
  131. #c <n>Assyria<l>37N41E<rad>250<nat>Assyrian<reg>Mesopotamia<col>80 80 100
  132. #c <n>Ninevah<l>3625N4310E<reg>Assyria
  133. #c <n>Ashur<l>3530N4300E(20)<reg>Assyria
  134. #c <n>Carchemish<l>3700N3750E(20)<reg>Assyria
  135. #c <n>Haran<l>3712N3850E(10)<reg>Assyria
  136.  
  137. #c <n>Babylonia<l>32N46E<rad>200<nat>Babylonian<reg>Mesopotamia<col>80 100 100
  138. #c <n>Babylon<l>3240N4430E<reg>Babylonia
  139. #c <n>Ur<l>3055N4625E<reg>Babylonia
  140. #c <n>Ecbatana<l>3440N4815E(50)<reg>Babylonia
  141. #c <n>Baghdad<l>3320N4430E<reg>Babylonia
  142.  
  143. #c <n>Media<l>37N47E<rad>200<nat>Mede<reg>Mesopotamia
  144.  
  145. #c <n>Persia<l>33N54E<rad>500<nat>Persian<reg>Middle East<col>80 100 80
  146. #c <n>Persepolis<l>2955N5250E<reg>Persia
  147. #c <n>Susa<l>3210N4820E<reg>Persia
  148.  
  149. #c <n>Israel<l>3210N3510E<rad>100<nat>Hebrew<reg>Palestine<col>50 90 100
  150. #c <n>Judea<aka>Judah<l>3120N3450E<rad>50<nat>Judean<reg>Palestine<col>50 90 100
  151. #c <n>Galilee<l>3250N3515E<rad>30<reg>Palestine
  152. #c <n>Perea<l>3210N3540E<rad>30<reg>Palestine
  153. #c <n>Traconitis<l>33N36E<rad>30<reg>Syria
  154. #c <n>Samaria<l>3215N3513E<reg>Palestine
  155. #c <n>Shiloh<l>3204N3518E<reg>Palestine
  156. #c <n>Megiddo<l>3236N3511E<reg>Palestine
  157. #c <n>Masada<l>3120N3519E<reg>Palestine
  158. #c <n>Acre<aka>Akko<l>3255N3504E<reg>Palestine
  159.  
  160. #c <n>Qarqar<l>3520N3620E(15)<aka>Karkar<reg>Syria
  161.  
  162. #c <wat><n>Dardanelles<aka>Hellespont<l>4015N2630E<rad>60<reg>Asia Minor
  163. #c <n>Byzantium<aka>Constantinople<l>41N29E<nat>Byzantine<reg>Asia Minor  //  now Istanbul
  164.