Asia
- China (Ming Dynasty) - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (1627–1644)
- Japan -
- Monarch - Meishō, Emperor of Japan (1629–1643)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Iemitsu, Shogun of Japan (1623–1651)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Hō, King of Ryūkyū (1621–1640)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Injo, King of Joseon (1623–1649)
- Mughal Empire - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor (1627–1658)
- Qing Dynasty (Manchu Empire) - Hong Taiji, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1626–1643)
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Famous quotes containing the word asia:
“[N]o combination of dictator countries of Europe and Asia will halt us in the path we see ahead for ourselves and for democracy.... The people of the United States ... reject the doctrine of appeasement.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more of eating than of fighting; then, as now, their minds ran chiefly on the “hot bread and sweet cakes;” and the fur and lumber trade is an old story to Asia and Europe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)