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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... French and the Japanese, further undermine the Qing, which seems increasingly unable to defend itself. By 1900, despite the material gains of the Self-strengthening Movement that seeks to modernize China, the dynasty barely breathes ...
... French forces enter Tianjin after seizing the Dagu forts. September 1860: Qing authorities intercept British and French envoys traveling to Beijing. Thirty-eight Europeans are seized and twenty-five are executed. Sir Frederick Bruce ...
... French warships attack a Chinese fleet in Fuzhou harbor after negotiations break down over France's colonial expansion into Vietnam. Within an hour every Chinese ship—all but two are of wood—is sunk or afire and the arsenal is wrecked ...
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