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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... dynasty of Chinese myth and legend . 2852 B.C .: According to the tradition that be- gins in the Han dynasty , this is the date for the beginning of the legendary Age of Three Sovereigns . 2698-2599 B.C .: Han dynasty tradition claims ...
... dynasty of ancient China . By legend , Yu is a descen- dant of the Yellow Emperor . THE THREE DYNASTIES ( XIA , SHANG , ZHOU ) : 2208-249 B.C. The Xia ( c . 2200-1750 B.C. ) , established by the semilegendary Emperor Yu , is the first ...
... dynasty is por- trayed as corrupt , incompetent , morally bankrupt , or a combination of all three . 1760 B.C. Tang , the virtuous first of the Shang high kings , comes to the throne ; by tradition , here begins the second dynasty of ...
... dynasty . The ri- vals are organized along military lines , with important new rituals of warfare , hunting and human sacrifice . Agricultural produc- tion is on the increase during this period , partly the result of more widespread ...
... dynasty on the ru- ins of the Qin empire . HAN DYNASTY : 202 B.C.-A.D. 220 The Early Han emperors extend the bureaucracy . The government operates manufacturing and mining monopolies . Landed estates increase in extent ; correspondingly ...