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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... troops ) defeat Wang Mang's army in Shandong . 22 : The Red Eyebrows advance south toward the rich region of Nanyang in present Hunan . Rebellious forces there rise up to join the Red Eyebrows in the war against . Wang Mang . October ...
... Troops massacre the two thousand palace eunuchs in Luoyang . Dong Zhuo's army enters the capital and loots it . September 28 , 189 : Dong Zhuo deposes Shaodi and installs his half - brother , Xiandi , on the throne . Han will soon split ...
... troops drawn from the border peoples , Western Wei rulers attempt to re- Icruit Chinese soldiers . How may one reject [ the Buddha ] and refuse to learn from him ? The records and teachings of the Five Classics do not contain everything ...
... troops with more than 80,000 cavalry horses . ( The overall military establishment ap- proaches 600,000 . ) Most of the frontier army is composed of long - service troops rather than conscripts or militiamen . 742-752 : An Lushan wins ...
... Troops of the Southern Zhao tribe storm Chengdu in Sichuan and carry off thou- sands of hostages. December, 835: In the so-called Sweet Dew conspiracy, Wenzong moves to crush the pal- ace eunuchs. They get wind of the conspiracy and ...