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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... Han dynasty , this is the date for the beginning of the legendary Age of Three Sovereigns . 2698-2599 B.C .: Han dynasty tradition claims that Xuanyuan Gongsun , the chieftain of at tribe in present - day central Henan , ascends as the ...
... Han dynasty tradition claims that Ku reigns , overseeing a period of gen- eral quiet and prosperity . 2357-2258 B.C .: Han dynasty tradition claims that Yao's long reign is marked , toward the end ( c . 2300 ? B.C. ) , by a legendary ...
... Han dynasty on the ru- ins of the Qin empire . HAN DYNASTY : 202 B.C.-A.D. 220 The Early Han emperors extend the bureaucracy . The government operates manufacturing and mining monopolies . Landed estates increase in extent ...
... Han Dynasty , by historian Sima Qian ( 145–90 B.C. ? ) 202 B.C .: Liu Bang breaks the agreement , at- tacks Xiang Yu ... Han power in the ten smaller kingdoms that emerge from the breakup of the Qin empire , gradually re- placing their ...
... Han dynasty . May , A.D. 6 : Wang Mang declares himself act- ing emperor . Fabricating a genealogy , this scion of the lesser gentry will claim descent from the legendary Yellow Lord , a Han di- vinity . Chinese historians will regard ...