Asia Aswia appears to have been a remnant of a region known to the Hittites as Assuwa, centered on Lydia, or "Roman Asia". This name, "Assuwa", has been suggested as the origin for the name of the continent "Asia". The Assuwa league was a confederation of states in western Anatolia, defeated by the Hittites under Tudhaliya I around 1400 BCE. Alternatively, the etymology of the term may be from the Akkadian word "(w)aṣû(m)", which means 'to go outside' or 'to ascend', referring to the direction of the sun at sunrise in the Middle East and also likely connected with the Phoenician
In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia is a compilation album by Dutch trance producer and DJ Tiësto and his seventh and final contribution to the "In Search of Sunrise" compilation series. It was released on June 10, 2008, and was followed by a North American Tour during all of June. In 2008, Tiësto announced his , the tour was presented by Armani Exchange on May 23 and ended on July 4 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Friday 13, June. This tour was in support of the In Search of Sunrise compilation,