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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... million years old, that some experts claim as hominids but other see as prehominid apes. In any case, this appears to be an isolated instance, and the main focus on early hominids in China remains on the fossils found at the Zhoukoudian ...
... million over those 138 years to 48 million . By the middle of the second century , south- ward migration brings the north - south popu- lation closer to balance , though the north still dominates . Xiongnu and Tibetan raids have forced ...
... million cash . 184-185 : The so - called Yellow Turbans re- bellion rages to the south , east , and northeast of Luoyang . Several hundred thousand peas- ants rise up when omens and visions per- suade them that the Han dynasty should be ...
... million households from only 4 million in 589 . 607 : Tightening his grip on power , Yangdi or- ders the execution of three of his critics in senior government posts . 11th month , 617 : With support from Turkish allies 20 CHINA.
... million of North China's 45 million population , will rule until 1234. They build a Chinese - style bureaucracy ; many native Chinese become Jin civil servants . 1142-1143 : Famine and earthquake lead to hardship , unrest , and ...