Asian_Geographic_Issue_4_2017

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IMAGE © GETTY IMAGES By Abdul Wahab al-Bayati (1926–1999) A dictator, hiding behind a nihilist’s mask, has killed and killed and ...

Photography Competition finalist architecture/landscape PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015 KHANT ZAW, MYANMAR DEADLINE for submission ...

Supported by *Excludes Youth Photographer of the Year 2017; prizes in this category to be confirmed Wildlife PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE ...

No. 126 • issue 4/ revealed 16 Divide and Conquer An overview of the history of colonisation and territorial control picturesque ...

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C ontents environMent 72 Unfinished Business With an estimated 100 million sharks slaughtered every year, we take a look at how ...

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{ EDITOR’S NOTE} “The ballot is stronger than the bullet” Abraham Lincoln ASIAN Geographic can be found on board and at the foll ...

LEE KONG CHIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM On 10 July 2015, the carcass of a 10.6 metre-long adult female sperm whale was washed up o ...

SEPTEMBER 22 Tashkent to Urgench All participants will need to arrive at Tashkent International Airport by 17h00 local time, aft ...

SEPTEMBER 26 Samarkand We depart for Samarkand with another local lunch arrangement in a traditional Uzbek home. Samarkand will ...

DECEMBER 9– Delhi Arriving at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, we transfer to the hotel for the night. The next mor ...

DECEMBER 14 Agra to the Taj Mahal We visit the Taj Mahal, which was built in the 1640s as a memorial to the wife of Emperor Shah ...

Roman empiRe Famous Ruler: Nero 70 million people 5,000,000 square kilometres Political Peak: 117CE Ott Oman EmpirE Famous Ru ...

Umayyad Caliphate Famous Ruler: Abd al-Malik 62 million people 15,000,000 square kilometres Political Peak: 690 Russian EmpiRE ...

REVEALED Divide and Conquer AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF COLONISATION AND TERRITORIAL CONTROL IN ASIA West Asia Central Asia So ...

Southeast Asia East Asia myAnmAR Britain occupies most of Burma by The third Anglo-Burmese war ends in 1886, placing the rest o ...

Curtain Behind the Photos and Text Eric Lafforgue PICTURESQUE ...