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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... Japanese troops seize the Ko- rean royal palace in Seoul and install a pup- pet regent. At sea, a Japanese warship sinks a Chinese troopship, drowning a thousand soldiers en route to Korea. Late July 1894: Japanese defeat Chinese ar ...
... Japan for the so-called Mukden Incident. By year's end, Nationalist forces have withdrawn south of the Great Wall and the Japanese are in full control of Manchu- ria. January 1932: Chiang Kai-shek resumes the office of president after a ...
... Japanese warplanes attack and sink the U.S. gunboat Panay as it at- tempts to evacuate American nationals from Nanjing. November 11, 1937: Nationalists begin their retreat west from Shanghai. December 13, 1937: Japanese forces enter ...
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