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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... island of Hainan . Omens favor a move of the capital from Chang'an to Luo- yang , but the notion is abandoned for the time being . 34 B.C .: Government decrees simplify and shorten judicial procedures . 33-7 B.C .: Chengdi reigns as ...
... island . Over the next two decades 100,000 Chinese reset- tle in Taiwan . January 1662 : Burmese hand over the Prince of Gui and his entourage to Wu Sangui . May 1662 : The Prince of Gui and his teenage son are executed in Yunnan . 1669 ...
... island off the Shandong Peninsula. Germans establish the brewery there that still makes Qingdao beer. 1898–1899: The United States tries to inau- gurate an “Open Door” policy for China; with limited success, the initiative seeks to ...
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