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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... southern borders of Russia and the Urals, and then sweeps across a great land mass, including many offshore islands. The Asia of this volume includes what the specialists now designate as Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and ...
... southern China are probably beginning to cultivate rice . 5000-3000 B.C .: The Yangshao culture flour- ishes along the middle Yellow River . Settled communities also develop along the south- east coast and on the island of Taiwan . In ...
... southern state of Chu . 430 B.C .: Qin repulses attack of the Rong ; this is the last recorded Rong challenge to Qin . c . 410 B.C .: As Zhou dominance ebbs , a smaller number of more powerful states emerge . 403–221 B.c .: During this ...
... southern Xiongnu allies carry out a successful campaign against the northern Xiongnu . Southern Xiongnu settle permanently in northern China , driv- ing many Chinese to the south . 92 : Emperor Hedi's allies accuse Dou Xian of plotting ...
... southern China . 479-502 : The Southern Qi dynasty succeeds the Liu Song . 471-499 : Xiao reigns as emperor of the Northern Wei . With his Chinese allies , Xiao adopts the Chinese military organization and land - allotment procedure ...