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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... land mass, including many offshore islands. The Asia of this volume includes what the specialists now designate as Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. It should also be admitted that there are several gray areas ...
... land tenure emerge. Shun also reorganizes the bureaucracy, es- tablishing government departments for agriculture, justice, education, public works, and other areas. Before his death, he appoints his trusted chiefminister Yu as his ...
... land holdings as a means of arresting the decline of the peasantry and tenantry. 47–44 B.C.: The government implements a series ofmeasures to reduce spending on the imperial household, part of a general re- trenchment. 46 B.C.: Chinese ...
... land-allotment procedure known as the equal-field system, which form the basis for the eventual revival of the imperial state. 495: Xiao moves the capital from northern Shanxi to the Yellow River valley. 502–557: The Liang dynasty rules ...
... land to the peasantry as well as to nobles and others of high rank—a Northern Wei innovation the Sui extends. In the seventh month of this year, Sui also adopts new civil statutes governing bureaucratic procedures, land use, taxation ...