2017-08-08 Asian Geographic JUNIOR

Included: modern-day Greece (the Aegean), Turkey (then Anatolia), Egypt, Iran, Central Asia and parts of India The Achaemenid Em ...

The Mongol Empire was the largest land empire in histor y. Kickstar ted by Genghis Khan in 1206, this vast empire covered most o ...

Included: China, Mongolia and parts of Siberia This early empire spanned 14 million square kilometres. Established in 1636 as Ma ...

On many an ocean floor, long, dark strands reach upward from bluish sands to sway in the current. They could easily be mistaken ...

The Dumbo octopus gets its name from Disney’s famous large-eared flying elephant. And it‘s no wonder! This octopus has adorable ...

The slow loris is a shy mammal with a face so doleful it would melt a cowboy’s hear t. It usually has a coat in shades of white ...

The Visayan war ty pig is a species of wild boar from the Philippines. While adult pigs are the animal kingdom’s version of trib ...

Introducing the ezo momonga, a flying squirrel found only in Hokkaido, Japan. It lives high up in the trees, and spends its day ...

The panda is the darling of Asia, because how could you not love them? The big black spots over their eyes are an evolutionar y ...

There were several mad monarchs in histor y. Of course, some of the stories of histor y’s most notorious royals may have been a ...

NEBUCHADNEZZAR II OF BABYLON (604–562 BCE) In the Old Testament, Babylonian ruler King Nebuchadnezzar famously recounts his desc ...

IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1533-1584) His name says it all. The first tsar of Russia is known for expanding his territories into Eastern ...

YEONGJO OF JOSEON Image © Wikicommons Image © Wikicommons EMPRESS ANNA OF RUSSIA (1730–1740) Anna Ivanovna was the daughter of “ ...

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Instructions: Put your face close to the stereogram. Tr y to look through the image, pretending that it doesn’t exist! Then star ...

keeping the faith Can you identify the religions associated with these symbols? We give you a smattering of clues to set you on ...

Last issue’s answers: Indonesia 2. China 3. Tibet 4. South Korea 5. Bhutan This symbol has been associated with several religi ...

The Ring of fire THERE IS A BELT IN THE PACIFIC THAT EXPERIENCES MORE ACTIVE VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES THAN ANY OTHER PLACE ON E ...

The Ring of Fire – which is also referred to as the circum-Pacific Belt – star ts at the southern tip of South America, and exte ...

JIGSAW PIECES Our Ear th’s outer layer is called the crust – much like the hard bit around your slice of bread. You can also thi ...