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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... rules as chancellor of Qin . 246 B.C .: Still a child , King Zheng comes to the Qin throne . 238 B.C .: Zheng reaches ... rule . He standardizes the Qin law code for all the em- pire . Capital punishments for crimes such as rebellion and ...
... rule for longer than a decade . 177 B.C .: Han mobilizes to contest the inva- sion of the Xiongnu from their steppe ... rules , one of the longest reigns of Chinese history . Wudi , whose title means “ the martial emperor , ” inherits an ...
... rule as chancellor , Han's highest office . 122 B.C .: Rebellion breaks out in the Han kingdom of Huainan and is ... rule as Zhaodi . When Wudi dies on March 29 Zhaodi succeeds as Han emperor . He reigns until 74 B.C .; real power lies ...
... rule as Aidi . c . 30 B.C .: Treasury officials implement a new round of economy measures for the imperial household , including cuts in the budget for the upkeep of palace buildings , the abolition of the office of music , and ...
... rules until his death in A.D. 75 , a reign generally regarded as harsh and oppressive . 73 : China forms an alliance with the south- ern Xiongnu ... rule until 125 and will be regarded as the least capable of all the emperors of the 14 CHINA.