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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... Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel it was about 4:00 A.M. on June 25 in Korea , but only about 3:00 P.M. on June 24 in Washington . We give the date as it fell in Korea . As it happens , almost all the locales included in this ...
... Korea , launching two military expedi- tions that bring much of the peninsula un- der Chinese control ; it sets up four commanderies in conquered Korea . The empire , divided into eighty - four command- eries and eighteen kingdoms ...
... Korea with a 150,000-strong army. China mobilizes to re- pel the Japanese. January 1593: A Chinese expeditionary force crosses the Yalu River. The Japanese rout the Chinese army north of Seoul and an armed truce follows. 1597–1598 ...
... Korea. Both China and Japan send expeditionary forces to subdue it. July 21, 1894: 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 ...
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