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The United States’ relationship with sub-Saharan Africa dates back to the transatlantic slave trade era, even before the country’s independence.

For centuries, sub-Saharan Africa was home to prosperous empires that made groundbreaking advances in architecture, mathematics, and metalworking.

By the late 1990s, most countries in the region had transitioned from being European colonies to becoming independent countries.

Many of the countries that make up South and Central Asia are quite young: Pakistan and India became independent countries in 1947, Bangladesh followed in 1971, and Kazakhstan and its neighbors emerged as independent countries after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The long tensions between India and Pakistan, involvement of foreign powers, and climate change shape geopolitics in the region.

In 1792, George Washington opened the United States’ first consulate in South Asia, in Kolkata, India.

Recent growth has spurred new development, but also revealed old and new economic challenges.

South Asia is densely populated and immensely diverse.

South and Central Asia is home to the world’s largest democracy: India.

East Asia is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations.