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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... treaty in which China agrees to pay an annual tribute of 100,000 ounces of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk in return for peace. Except for minor outbreaks, the treaty will hold for most of the century. 1016–1073: Lifespan of Zhou Dunyi ...
... treaty with Xia, ending four years of costly warfare. 1120: Fang La leads brief, violent uprising in modern Zhejiang province in southeast China and raises a large army. Song forces capture and execute Fang La in 1121, and his revolt ...
... treaty with the Jin against the advice of Yue Fei , who proposes to lead an army to conquer North China and reunify the country . The Jin introduces a new Jurchen script . For a time , three official written languages are in use in ...
... treaty , the Southern Song cede North China to the Huai River and agree to pay a large annual tribute of silver and silk to the Jin . The Jurchens , totaling around 6 million of North China's 45 million population , will rule until 1234 ...
... Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) is signed aboard HMS Cornwallis at anchor in the Yangtze. It awards a further indemnity of 21 million ounces of silver, opens five treaty ports (Guangzhou, Xia- men, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghai), fixes a ...