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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... imperial resources . Upon his death , the empire begins to break apart . August - September 209 B.C .: 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 chancel ...
... Imperial Confucianism . ” The dynasty follows an imperial cult of ritual observance and develops the notion of humanity as part of nature . The underlying idea is that the emperor's conduct and his performance of ceremonial must be of a ...
... imperial chancellor . He opposes excessive state interference in the 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 ...
... imperial forces to meet the threat . Winter 22 : The insurgent Red Eyebrows ( the peasant soldiers are so called because they paint their foreheads red to distinguish themselves from government troops ) defeat Wang Mang's army in ...
... Imperial forces subdue the lower Han River valley of east - central China . 30 : Outmigration from North China leads Emperor Guangwu to abolish thirty coun- ties in the north and shrink the government bureaucracy there . 33-44 ...