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(The Bible's Old Testament is thought to have been first written down in an ancient form of Hebrew.) Until now, many scholars have held that the Hebrew Bible originated in the 6th century B.C., because Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further.
It was the second of three stages of the so-called triangular trade, in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe.
A fair chunk of eastern Asia is made up of the Tibetan Plateau. Lying on the side of the Himalayas opposite of India, the plateau is high in elevation and receives very little rain. It is also an important region for some adherents to Buddhism.
