1. Tibet

2. Geography

4. Although traditionally, Western (European and American) sources have regarded Tibet as being in Central Asia. Today's maps show a trend toward considering all of modern China, including Tibet, to be part of East Asia

5. People

7. Numbering 5.4 million, they are the 10th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.

8. Culture

9. Tibet’s national literature has both religious, sudo-spiritual and secular elements. While the religious texts are well-known, Tibet has the semi-spiritual Gesar Epic. This is the longest epic in the world and is enjoyed by people in Mongolia and Central Asia too.

13. History