Short answers, pulled from the story.
The first evidence of farming emerged on the Hilly Flanks of West Asia around 9000 BC. This event marked the beginning of a cultural revolution that eventually encompassed the entire continent of Asia.
The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the Harappan Civilisation, is classified as one of the principal Cradles of civilization due to its high quality of arts, crafts, metallurgy, and urban planning. It flourished in urban centers for almost 2000 years before declining climatic conditions and population displacement caused its disruption.
The Imperial Chinese Tributary System was based on the Confucian religious and philosophical idea of submission to celestial harmony. Nations within its orbit, from Central Asia to Southeast Asia, paid tribute to the Emperor of China, who was recognized as the Son of Heaven and curator of the Mandate of Heaven.
West Asia consists of Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. Cyprus is frequently considered to be part of the region but it has ethnic and cultural ties to Europe as well.
Southeast Asian architecture reflects the diversity of cultural, historical, and geographic influences that have shaped it as a whole, ranging from native vernacular architecture to Hindu-Buddhist temples, colonial architecture, and modern architecture. Notable examples include Rumah Gadang, Tongkonan, Balinese houses, and Javanese Joglo, alongside the massive stone mandala-stupa of Borobudur and the Prambanan Hindu temple dedicated to Trimurti gods.
Rabindranath Tagore became in 1913 the first Asian Nobel laureate, winning his Nobel Prize in Literature for notable impact his prose works and poetic thought had on English, French, and other national literature of Europe and the Americas.