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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... September 209 Rebellion erupts in the state of Chu and quickly spreads to the rest of the empire. 208 B.C.: Li Si, the First Emperor's chancellor, is put to death in the central marketplace of the capital. 207 B.C.: The Second ...
... September 5, 75: Zhangdi ascends the throne, succeeding his father, Mingdi. April 9, 88: Hedi becomes emperor. He is ... September 21, 106: Shangdi, a three-month-old child, is emperor; his death touches offa brief dynastic crisis ...
... September 25, 189: Troops massacre the two thousand palace eunuchs in Luoyang. Dong Zhuo's army enters the capital and loots it. September 28, 189: Dong Zhuo deposes Shaodi and installs his half-brother, Xiandi, on the throne. Han will ...
... September 4, 1323: Disaffected Mongolian princes lead a coup that topples Yingzong; the emperor and his chiefminister are murdered. October 4, 1323: Taiding, a participant in the coup, ascends the Yuan throne. He surrounds himself with ...
... September 10, 1359: Yuan loyalist forces retake Kaifeng. 1363: Chinese warlords continue to fight each other for control of the Yangtze valley. When Liu Futong is killed in battle, Zhu Yuanzhang succeeds him as the leading insurgent ...