ASIAN COUNTRIES

Asia means "sun rise",The culture of Asia is human civilization in Asia. It features different kinds of cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, and ethnic groups in the region, traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective, of Asia. The region or "continent" is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural subregions, including the Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia. Geographically, Asia is not a distinct continent; culturally, there has been little unity or common history for many of the cultures and peoples of Asia.
Asian art, music, and cuisine, as well as literature, are important parts of Asian culture. Eastern philosophy and religion also plays a major role, with Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam all playing major roles. One of the most complex parts of Asian culture is the relationship between traditional cultures and the Western world.
There are 48 countries in Asia. The 2 that are commonly disputed are Russia and Turkey as they both are counted among Europe and Asia.

The following are the 48 countries of Asia:

1. Russia
2. Mongolia
3. China
4. India
5. Sri Lanka
6. Maldives
7. Nepal
8. Bhutan
9. Bangladesh
10. Myanmar
11. Thailand
12. Laos
13. Vietnam
14. Cambodia
15. Indonesia
16. Malaysia
17. Timor Leste
18. Brunei
19. Singapore
20. Taiwan
21. Philippines
22. Japan
23. North Korea
24. South Korea
25. Pakistan
26. Afghanistan
27. Tajikistan
28. Kyrgyzstan
29. Kazakhstan
30. Uzbekistan
31. Turkmenistan
32. Georgia
33. Armenia
34. Azerbaijan
35. Iran
36. Iraq
37. Syria
38. Lebanon
39. Jordan
40. Israel
41. Saudi Arabia
42. Yemen
43. Oman
44. UAE
45. Qatar
46. Bahrain
47. Kuwait
48. Turkey

Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands are all located in Oceania.

Egypt is not Asia. Today the Middle East is classified as Asia, but was always considered Northeast Africa in the times before the Crusades and the construction of the Suez Canal.