LEADER 05074nam 22006375 450 001 9910825978003321 005 20230705132513.0 010 $a1-282-79623-2 010 $a9786612796234 010 $a0-231-50004-1 024 7 $a10.7312/bowm11004 035 $a(CKB)111056485385872 035 $a(EBL)909074 035 $a(OCoLC)51542679 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000125138 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133446 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125138 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10026610 035 $a(PQKB)11305669 035 $a(DE-B1597)458669 035 $a(OCoLC)979775864 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231500043 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909074 035 $a(PPN)263372529 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485385872 100 $a20190708d2000 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aColumbia chronologies of Asian history and culture /$fJohn Bowman 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2000] 210 4$d©2000 215 $a1 online resource (773 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-11004-9 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tConsultants and Contributors --$tIntroduction --$tMap of Asia --$tPart One: East Asia --$tChina Political History --$tJapan Political History --$tKorea --$tHong Kong --$tMacau (Macao) --$tPart Two: South Asia --$tIndia Political History --$tPakistan --$tBangladesh --$tBhutan --$tMaldives --$tNepal --$tSri Lanka (Ceylon) --$tPart Three: Southeast Asia --$tBrunei --$tCambodia --$tIndonesia --$tLaos --$tMalaysia --$tMyanmar (Burma) --$tThe Philippines --$tSingapore --$tThailand --$tVietnam --$tPart Four: Central Asia --$tMongolia --$tCentral Asian Republics --$tTibet --$tAppendix 1: National/Independence Days --$tAppendix 2: Scientific-Technological Achievements in Asia --$tAppendix 3: Asian History: A Chronological Overview --$tIndex 330 $aContaining 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. The thirty-two chronologies on individual countries, in conjunction with a detailed index, allow readers to find specific information quickly and efficiently, whether they seek the date for the invention of the iron plow or gunpowder, the fall of the Han Dynasty in China, or Ho Chi Minh's declarations of Vietnamese independence. This invaluable reference culminates with three appendices: "National/Independence Days," "Scientific-Technological Achievements in Asia," and "Asia: A Chronological Overview," which provides an accessible summary of key events and developments in various fields of activity throughout the continent. The Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture features: three discrete chronologies on (1) Politics/History, (2) Art/Culture/Religion, and (3) Science/Economics/Everyday Life for each of Asia's three major cultures-China, India, and Japan-as well as a combined chronology for each of the other nations;• detailed entries of thousands of historical events as well as important milestones in religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts; entries on technological developments and natural events (famines, floods, etc.) affecting the lives of ordinary people; and authoritative and accessibly written entries by a team of Asian scholars from Columbia, Harvard, and other major research universities. Beyond its detailed accounting of Asia's political history, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture also gives full recognition to religious, intellectual, artistic, and general cultural achievements, as well as to scientific, technological, industrial, agricultural, and economic developments. Concise yet complete, it will stand as an indispensable reference work in the field of Asian studies. 606 $aHISTORY / World$2bisacsh 607 $aAsia$xHistory 607 $aEast Asia 607 $aSoutheast Asia 607 $aSouth Asia 607 $aAsia, Central 607 $aAsia$xStudy and teaching 607 $aAsia$xHistory$vChronology 615 7$aHISTORY / World. 676 $a950 702 $aBowman$b John Stewart$f1931- 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825978003321 996 $aColumbia chronologies of Asian history and culture$93978611 997 $aUNINA