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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... ment of Tibet to Central Asia. This is not intended to take a side in the ongoing dispute between China and Tibetans; it is merely intended to reflect the anthropological and cultural roots of Tibet and its distinctive history. Likewise ...
... ment corruption ends with the conviction of more than eighteen thousand officials and clerks. 1307–1311: Wuzong is Yuan emperor. His brief reign is noteworthy for the bloating of the bureaucracy and for the emperor's spending excesses ...
... ment expenditures steeply . In an effort to make the army pay for itself , he revives the old soldier / farmer system , whereby the troops are expected to produce their own sustenance . He lightens the tax burden on the peasantry and ...
... ment” from public life following the Muk- den Incident. He also holds the titles of chief of the General Staff and chairman of the National Military Council. January 29, 1932: After an exchange of fire with Nationalist troops, Japanese ...
... ment and begin the famous Long March , the great saga of China's Communist Party . Some twenty thousand wounded and many women and children are left behind to await Nationalist occupation . January 7 , 1935 : Communists reach Zunyi in ...