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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... North 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 ...
... NORTH KOREA HONSHUM Pyongyang Seoul Osaka SOUTH KOREA Yellow Sea SHIKOKU Kitakyushu KYUSHU COBI DESERT Beijing * TIBET BHUTAN Brahmapu Dhaka BANGLADESH Bay of Bengal ANDAMAN AND MYANMAR ( BURMA ) Huang ( Yellow ) ( Yangtze ) Chongqing ...
... Korea , launching two military expedi- tions that bring much of the ... North China is virtually free of raids from beyond the borders . The govern ... Korea . September 10 , 74 B.C .: Xuandi ascends as em- peror at age eighteen ...
... Korea with two commanderies still intact . September / October , A.D. 2 : The world's ear- liest preserved census ... north . Chengdu in mod- ern Sichuan is China's largest city , with a population of 282,147 . The capitals , Chang'an ...
... North China, the founding emperor completes the restoration with the ... Korea. The failed effort leads to rebellion and his loss of the Mandate. The ... North China, including the rich, crowded plain from the Great Wall to the Huai River ...