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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... Hong Kong Macau (Macao) 193 225 236 244 part two: south asia India Political History 251 Arts, Culture, Thought, and Religion 325 Science-Technology, Economics, and Everyday Life 355 Pakistan 370 Bangladesh Bhutan Maldives Nepal Sri ...
... Hong Kong, and Macau their own separate chronologies is not intended to make any political statement: this simply reflects the history of these places. In the future, their chronologies may be absorbed into China's, but for now they ...
... HONG KONG THAILAND PHILIPPINES MINDANAO , Colombo MALDIVES OCEAN Celebes SULAWESI SUMATRA INDONESIA Java Sea Jakarta Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture PART ONE East. ARCTIC CIRCLE Moscow CASPIAN Tehran IRAN 2080 Barents ...
... Hong Kong Island . September 4 , 1839 : British warships destroy Chinese naval squadron at Kowloon . “ As- semble yourselves , " runs a Chinese procla- mation . “ Purchase arms and weapons ; join together the stoutest of your villagers ...
... Hong Kong; China agrees to pay the cost of the British expedition (six million Mexican silver dol- lars) and permit direct British-Chinese con- tacts. Both sides repudiate the tentative agreement; the Daoguang emperor is so dis- pleased ...