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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... October 17 , 1 B.C .: Pingdi , nine years old , as- cends the throne of Han . His health is fragile throughout his brief rule and real authority lies in the hands of the regent Wang Mang . Wang looks to the early Zhou for his model or ...
... October / December A.D. 7 : Wang Mang's forces quell an uprising triggered by a pro- vincial official who charges Wang with the murder of Pingdi . A.D. 8-9 : Wang Mang consolidates his power . He invents a series of omens that suggest ...
... October 24 , 168 : Eunuchs get wind of Dou Wu's scheme to break their power and fore- stall his move . The plot is aborted ; Dou Wu kills himself ; and the eunuchs are secure for another generation . 168-189 : Lingdi reigns as emperor ...
... October 11 , 1142 : Jin envoy's appearance at the Southern Song court is a formal ratifi- cation of the peace accord . By terms of Qin Gui's treaty , the Southern Song cede North China to the Huai River and agree to pay a large annual ...
... October 4, 1323: Taiding, a participant in the coup, ascends the Yuan throne. He sur- rounds himself with Muslim advisors; Chi- nese officials will have scant influence dur- ing his reign. August 15, 1328: Taiding's death touches off ...