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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... regions . 34 : After a long , difficult campaign , the em- pire pacifies northwest China . April - May , 35 : Han ... region trigger the outbreak . The uprising is part of a pattern of uprisings - at least fifty - three between A.D. 1 ...
... region of Shu ( mod- ern Sichuan ) . 208-220 : Cao Cao extends his control of north and northwest China . He resettles farmers on former Yellow Turban lands , thus helping to bring about an economic upturn after the devastation of the ...
... region of modern Sichuan on the upper Yangtze , thwarting the southern Liang kingdom's ef- fort to establish a substate there . 552 : A Liang general kills Hou Jing and crushes his rebellion . Within a few years , he will take power as ...
... region. 557–589: Along the lower Yangtze, the Chen dynasty succeeds the Liang. 557: The Northern Zhou, another offshoot of the Northern Wei dynasty, establishes a suc- cessor state to the Western Wei. Northern Zhou rulers, descendants ...
... region . 588 : Emperor Wendi prepares to move on the south . He informs the Chen ruler that he is about to relieve him of his territory . 588 : Sui responds to raids across the Liao River from the kingdom of Koguryo ( mod- ern Manchuria ...