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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... Political History 3 Arts, Culture, Thought, and Religion Science-Technology, Economics, and Everyday Life Japan Political History Arts, Culture, Thought, and Religion Science-Technology, Economics, and Everyday Life Korea Taiwan Hong ...
John S. Bowman. China. political. history. PREHISTORIC AND LEGENDARY CHINA: 1,960,000–2208 B.C. Until the late 1980s, it was believed that the first hominid (Homo erectus) appears in China about 800,000 b.c.; excavations at the newly ...
... political disruption. Shun rises by virtue from humble origins to become the last of the Five Premier Emperors. During this era, the outlines of the ancient system of feudal land tenure emerge. Shun also reorganizes the bureaucracy, es ...
... Political instability disrupts trade along the Silk Road. 156: With difficulty, government forces crush a rebellion in Shandong. 156–157: Savants take an earthquake in Luoyang, a solar eclipse, and a plague oflocusts as signs that ...
... political and moral problems and show they have mastered formal styles of prose and poetry. The Ministry of Rites administers exams in politics, literature, mathematics, law, and calligraphy. Of the two main degrees, MingJing, which ...