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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John S. Bowman. Premier Emperors ; he quells a rebellion of the Jiuli tribes to the south and claims do- minion south of the Yangtze . 2436-2367 B.C .: Han dynasty tradition claims that Ku reigns , overseeing a period of gen- eral quiet ...
... rebellion and treason include prisoners ' being beheaded , boiled in a cauldron , and cut in two at the waist . 220-210 B.C .: Under Meng Tian , Qin forces push the empire's borders north and north- west into modern Mongolia . 219-210 ...
... Rebellion breaks out in the Han kingdom of Huainan and is quickly crushed . The kingdom is abolished . Heaven is ... rebellions are depleting the Han trea- sury . To pay for Wudi's initiatives , the gov- ernment introduces state ...
... rebellion . 48 : A violent uprising shakes northwestern Hunan and is bloodily suppressed after a campaign of several months . 57 : Emperor Mingdi ascends the Han throne , succeeding Guangwu . He rules until his death in A.D. 75 , a ...