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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... establish new state cults , and attempt to abolish state monopolies . Dynastic instability and a gradual weakening of ... establishes the Han dynasty after leading an uprising against Qin in his native state . He will reign as the Em ...
... establishes com- manderies in the modern provinces of Yun- nan and Sichuan , extending Chinese power to the southwest . 110 BC : The government creates a board to control transport and creates an important new office , superintendent of ...
... establishes con- trol over most of northeast China . 208 : Cao Cao advances southward . His forces encounter the allied armies of Sun Quan and Liu Bei and are defeated at Red Cliff on the Yangtze . Sun Quan remains in control of the ...
... establishes its capital at Ye in Henan . The Western Wei , still immersed in the horse - and - warrior culture of ... establish a substate there . 552 : A Liang general kills Hou Jing and crushes his rebellion . Within a few years , he ...
... establishes a suc- cessor state to the Western Wei. Northern Zhou rulers, descendants of the military elites of the Revolt of the Garrisons of 524, restore traditional Chinese forms of govern- ment. The two former Wei states, Northern ...