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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... Luoyang; this brings the Western Zhou subperiod to a close and inaugurates the Eastern Zhou. From this point, Zhou royal power is nominal and Zhou kings reign as figureheads. 770 B.C.: Qin becomes a full principality, beginning its rise ...
... Luoyang to Chang'an near modern Xian. Over the next seven years he will consolidate Han power in the ten smaller kingdoms that emerge from the breakup of the Qin empire, gradually replacing their rulers with members of his family. 195 ...
... Luoyang, but the notion is abandoned for the time being. 34 B.C.: Government decrees simplify and shorten judicial procedures. 33–7 B.C.: Chengdi reigns as emperor. He is said to be frivolous and selfish, a lover oflow music and ...
... Luoyang and makes it his capital. March, 26: Red Eyebrow insurgents evacuate the former Han capital, Chang'an, looting palaces and tombs and partially burning the city. October, 26–January, 27: Red Eyebrows reoccupy Chang'an briefly ...
... Luoyang. He returns to China with information about Rome, the great empire of the West. 93: Tensions flare with the Xiongnu in the north. Frequent armed clashes mark Chinese-Xiongnu relations for the next century. 106: For reasons of ...