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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... March 27-29 , 87 B.C .: On March 27 , an eight- year - old son of Wudi and one of his consorts is nominated as heir to the throne and will rule as Zhaodi . When Wudi dies on March 29 Zhaodi succeeds as Han emperor . He reigns until 74 ...
... 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 reoc- cupy Chang'an briefly , then set out to try to ...
... March 6 , 145 - July 26 , 146 : Zhidi reigns briefly as emperor and dies under murky cir- cumstances . One account claims that he is murdered for calling one of his leading of- ficials a bully . August 1 , 146 : Huandi is emperor . He ...
... March 1273 : Battered by Mongol artillery hurling rocks weighing as much as a hun- dred pounds apiece , Song forces surrender the fortress of Xiangyang after a five - year siege . January 1275 : Mongol armies cross the Yangtze , driving ...
... March 1340: A coup removes the deeply un- popular Bayan from office. He dies in April on the journey to his place of banishment in the far south. His successor as chancellor of the right is Toghto. He reverses many of Bayan's policies ...