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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... River in south-central China signify that hominids entered China .C much earlier than long thought. This spe- cies has more in common with fossils (Homo ergaster and Homo habilis) found in East Af- rica and is not the same as the Homo ...
... River ( Huang Ho ) valley are cul- tivating millet , while people in southern China are probably beginning to cultivate rice . 5000-3000 B.C .: The Yangshao culture flour- ishes along the middle Yellow River . Settled communities also ...
... river valleys and causes wide- spread famine and political disruption . 2255-2208 B.C .: Han tradition claims that Shun rises by virtue from humble origins to become the last of the Five Premier Emper- ors . During this era , the ...
... River valley and overwhelm the Shang . The Zhou establish a new capital at present Xian . 897 B.C .: By tradition , the chieftain Feizu es- tablishes the state of Qin in North China , with its seat on the Wei River near modern Xian . c ...
... river valleys of the south . The dynasty collapses in A.D. 220 . Early Han ( 202 B.C.-A.D. 8 ) c . 209 B.C .: Liu Bang , who rises from peasant origins in central China , establishes the Han dynasty after leading an uprising against Qin ...