Asia
- China
- Qing Dynasty - Shunzhi, Emperor of China (1644–1661)
- Southern Ming - Prince of Gui, Emperor of Southern Ming (1646–1662)
- Japan -
- Monarch - Go-Komyo, Emperor of Japan (1643–1654)
- Shogun (Tokugawa) - Tokugawa Ietsuna, Shogun of Japan (1651–1680)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shitsu, King of Ryūkyū (1648–1668)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Hyojong, King of Joseon (1649–1659)
- Mughal Empire - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emeror (1627–1658)
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“[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)
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The central plains of Asia in his garden,
In shaping-time the circle stung awake,
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“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)