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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... provinces ) , Shang culture becomes widespread in North China and present Si- chuan . A written language emerges . Royal palaces are built in the capital towns . Mansions of the wealthy class feature post and beam construction . A ...
... provinces . 219 B.C .: The First Emperor , Zheng , sends thousands of families to colonize the Shan- dong peninsula on the East China coast . c . 219 B.C .: Li Si rises to become chancellor of the left , the highest governmental post in ...
... provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi in southeast China and add northern Vietnam to the realm ; the government establishes com- manderies in the modern provinces of Yun- nan and Sichuan , extending Chinese power to the southwest . 110 BC ...
... provinces , this is the last period of orderly government during the Han dynasty . 169-184 : The era of the Great Proscription . grows out of the conflict between the eu- nuchs and high bureaucrats . The eunuchs win the struggle and put ...
... provinces . The empire breaks up into several parts - as many as eight distinct power centers at one point . 200 : Cao Cao , with Emperor Xiandi now in his keeping , defeats his rival Yuan Shao . Over the next eight years , he ...