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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... British Lord George Macart- ney's trade mission reaches Canton. His flo- tilla, a sixty-six-gun warship with two escort- ing vessels, receives permission to sail north to Tianjin, the port of entry for Beijing. September 1793: Lord ...
... British - controlled opium trade . June 15 , 1836 : British government appoints Charles Elliot , a former naval officer , trade commissioner for China . January 1837 : Initial results of the opium crackdown are encouraging . Officials ...
... British bombard Zhoushan, oc- cupy the port, and blockade nearby Ningbo on mainland Zhejiang. August 30, 1840: With the British fleet stand- ing off the Dagu forts guarding Tianjin, the Chinese are forced to negotiate. January 20, 1841 ...
... British, rebuffed in efforts to renegotiate the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, seize Guangzhou. May 1858: British expedition takes the Dagu forts outside Tianjin, opening the way to Beijing. July 3, 1858: British military pressure forces ...
... British and French forces enter Tianjin after seizing the Dagu forts . September 1860 : Qing authorities intercept British and French envoys traveling to Bei- jing . Thirty - eight Europeans are seized and twenty - five are executed ...