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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... Ming Jing , which em- phasizes memorization of the Confucian classics , and Jin Shi , which emphasizes composition of poetry , Jin Shi becomes the preferred degree . Successful candidates move on to a second series of exams given by the ...
... Ming dy- nasty . Forum meetings discuss and adopt regulations for behavior . 1080-1084 : Escaping execution , Su Dongpo is demoted from his high civil service posi- tion and exiled to the provinces . 1081-1083 : Song forces attack Xia ...
... Vietnam). Though the fighting is inconclusive, Annam and neigh- boring Champa (today's southern Vietnam) agree to send tribute to the Yuan court. MING DYNASTY : 1368–1644 The first Ming emperor sets a Political History 37.
... Ming forces occupy Kaifeng . May 1368 : Ming army pacifies Henan . August 15 , 1368 : Ming army marches on Bei- jing . September 20 , 1368 : Ming army enters Bei- jing to find the Yuan court has vanished . 1370 : Shundi , the last Yuan ...
John S. Bowman. MING DYNASTY : 1368–1644 The first Ming emperor sets a despotic tone for the dynasty . Zhu Yuanzhang , the commoner rebel leader who seizes the throne and reigns as Taizu , casts a long shadow over the course of Chinese ...