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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... Economics, and Everyday Life 3 79 99 Japan Political History 118 Arts, Culture, Thought, and Religion 162 Science-Technology, Economics, and Everyday Life 179 Korea Taiwan Hong Kong Macau (Macao) 193 225 236 244 part two: south asia ...
... economy and in individual lives and calls for a scaling back of China's involvement in Central Asia . 51 B.C .: Chinese diplomats conclude a peace with the Xiongnu empire on the northern frontier . 49-33 B.C .: Yuandi reigns . In his ...
... economic pol- icy are due . 166 : A senior government official renews criticism of the dynasty for favoritism and extravagance . Interpretations of astronomi- cal phenomena lay blame for the miscon- duct on the emperor and the palace eu ...
... economic dislocation characterize these turbulent decades . South China is comparatively peaceful by contrast . In fact , in the South , disunion appears to have stimulated economic development . and establishes the Later Jin dynasty ...
... economy , partly to increase state revenues and partly to reduce what he sees as abuses of private power deriving from great wealth and economic monopoly . He continues Ouyang Xiu's reform of the ex- amination system , eliminating the ...