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Asia constitutes roughly one-third of the world’s land area and is home to about three-fifths of its population. The continent includes the two most populous countries, China and India, which together account for nearly two-fifths of all people. About 1750 it would have been relatively easy to describe the population and ethnic distribution of Asia. The whole of northern Eurasia was rather lightly populated by diverse Paleo-Siberian, Tungusic, and Turkic peoples who engaged in hunting, foraging, fishing, or herding. Some groups, such as the Nenets, Sakha, and Chukchi, had somewhat distinctive economies focused on a single activity or on activities ...(100 of 38030 words)