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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... military lines , with important new rituals of warfare , hunting and human sacrifice . Agricultural produc- tion is on the increase during this period , partly the result of more widespread irriga- tion and draining . Population growth ...
... military in- novation , such as deployment of infantry in the hill country where war chariots could not operate . Qin has the same customs as [ the barbarians ] . It has the heart of a tiger or a wolf . It knows nothing of traditional ...
... military forces respond to a succession of threats from the Xiongnu on the northwest frontier in what is today Mon- golia . The invaders are driven from the bor- ders after key victories in 121 and 119 B.C. 128 B.C .: A Han effort to ...
... military organization and 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 ...
... military and revives the state's finances, laying the foundations for a centralized state after three centuries of regionalism. He expands China's borders and constructs a canal system that will form the basis of Tang dynasty prosperity ...