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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... reigns , overseeing a period of gen- eral quiet and prosperity . 2357-2258 B.C .: Han dynasty tradition claims that Yao's long reign is marked , toward the end ( c . 2300 ? B.C. ) , by a legendary Great Flood that inundates vast areas ...
... reigns as Shang king ; he foresees the destruction of the Shang capital at Zhengzhou by flood and moves it to a safer site at Anyang . 1122 B.C. By tradition , the House of Zhou deposes the Shang dynasty . Modern scholars believe the ...
... reigning as Jingdi . The two reigns , note- worthy for the growth of the central govern- ment , stabilize the dynasty . By 143 B.C. the empire , a highly organized bureaucratic state , comprises forty commanderies and twenty - five ...
... reigns . In his and his suc- cessor's reign , the reformists take charge . Economy in government , a loosening of controls over the daily lives of the Chinese , and military retrenchment characterize the concluding decades of the ...