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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... Confucianism . They see government as responsible for improving life for everyone , not just the elites . They call for the training of state officials in the unalloyed Confucian canon , establish new state cults , and attempt to ...
... Confucian canon becomes the basis for training government officials . 135-119 B.C .: Han military forces respond to a succession of threats from the Xiongnu on the northwest frontier in what is today Mon- golia . The invaders are driven ...
... Confucian advisors asks him to halt the executions, he explodes: “You bookworm. You are not fit to discuss this matter!” 582: Wendi orders a vast new capital, five miles by six, built on a site south and east of ancient Chang'an. To ...
... Confucianism. The arts flourish under the Tang dynasty; Tang poetry becomes a model for later eras. Population and economic changes further alter the north/south balance of power. The basis of prosperity is an increase in rice ...
... Confucian classics , and Jin Shi , which emphasizes composition of poetry , Jin Shi becomes the preferred degree . Successful candidates move on to a second series of exams given by the Ministry of Personnel . These deter- mine a ...