Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and CultureJohn S. Bowman Columbia University Press, 2000 M09 5 - 512 pages Containing more information on Asian culture than any other English-language reference work, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture is the first of its kind: a set of more than thirty chronologies for all the countries of Asia—East, South, Southeast, and Central—from the Paleolithic era through 1998. Each entry is clearly dated and, unlike most chronologies found in standard history texts, the entries are complete and detailed enough to provide virtually a sequential history of the vast and rich span of Asian cultures. The contributing writers and editors have ensured the book's usefulness to general readers by identifying individuals and groups, locating places and regions, explaining events and movements, and defining unfamiliar words and concepts. |
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... Beijing; Mao Tse-tung has become Mao Zedong; and so on. In general, we go along with this new system. But in a few instances, we have stayed with the traditional forms—Confucius, for instance—and especially when the traditional ver ...
... Beijing. (The fossils are still popularly known as “Peking Man.”) During the next 500,000–600,000 years, this species disperses through much of central and northeastern China. Eventually this hominid species is replaced by the archaic ...
... Beijing . These creatures have a brain capacity about two - thirds that of modern humans ; they walk upright and make basic stone tools ; whether they actu- ally hunt animals or just scavenge for food is disputed . Similar hominids are ...
... Beijing for the inva- sion of Koguryo. Chinese forces cross the Liao but are checked and forced to withdraw with heavy losses. Early 613: A series of peasant rebellions breaks out in modern Shandong. A rebel army marches on Luoyang, the ...
... Beijing and miserable in a famine year , rise in rebellion . Internal dissension rather than Chinese sup- pression ultimately dooms the Khitan revolt . A lovely woman rolls up The delicate bamboo blind . She sits deep within , Twitching ...