Asia [[electronic resource] ] : A Concise History |
Autore | Cotterell Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
Disciplina | 950 |
Soggetto topico |
Asia -- History
Asia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-19960-3
1-283-17521-5 9786613175212 0-470-82958-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Asia: A Concise History; Contents; Preface; Introduction; List of Maps; Photo Credits; Part 1: Ancient Asia; Chapter 1: Ancient West Asia; The First Civilisation: Sumer; The Great Empires: Babylon, Assyria and Persia; Understanding the World: Religion and Myth; Endgame: Greco-Roman Europe Versus Persian Asia; Chapter 2: Ancient South Asia; Asia's Second Civilisation: The Indus Valley; Epic India: The Aryan Invasion; The Buddhist Revolution: The Mauryan Empire; The Age of Invasion: From the Bactrians to the Huns; Chapter 3: Ancient East Asia; The Cradle of the East: The Shang Dynasty
Classical China: The Zhou DynastyImperial Unification: The Qin and Former Han Emperors; Imperial Crisis: The Failure of the Later Han; Chapter 4: Ancient Central Asia; The Steppe: An Intercontinental Highway; Nomads: The Scourge of the Sown; The Spread of Buddhism: The First Pan-Asian Faith; The Great Raid: Attila the Hun; Part 2: Medieval Asia; Chapter 5: Medieval West Asia; Islam: The Second Pan-Asian Faith; The Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates; The Coming of the Seljuks; The Crusades; Safavid Persia; The Ottoman Empire; Chapter 6: Medieval South Asia; The Arrival of Islam The Hindu and Buddhist KingdomsThe Mughal Empire; European Rivalry; The British Triumph; Chapter 7: Medieval East Asia; Tang and Song China; Confucian Korea; Feudal Japan; The Ming Revival; Chapter 8: Medieval Central Asia; The Turks and the Qidans; The Tibetan Empire; The Mongol Empire; Tamerlane, the Sword of Islam; The Manchu Conquests; Chapter 9: Medieval Southeast Asia; Independent Vietnam; The Khmer Empire; The Kingdoms of Burma; The Island Powers: Srivijaya, Mataram and Majapahit; The Slow Spread of Islam; The Advent of European Power; The Rise of the Thai; Part 3: Modern Asia Chapter 10: Modern West AsiaThe Fall of the Ottoman Empire; Between World Wars; The Founding of Israel; Syria, Lebanon and Jordan; Iraq versus Iran; Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States; Modern Turkey; Chapter 11: Modern South Asia; The British Raj; The Indian Mutiny; The End of Company Rule; Gandhi and Indian Nationalism; Independence and Partition; Sri Lanka and Bangladesh; Chapter 12: Modern East Asia; China's Humiliation; Japanese Imperialism; The People's Republic of China; The Korean War; The Rise of the Pacific Rim; Chapter 13: Modern Central Asia; The Russian Advance; The Great Game Afghanistan, the Land of BonesSiberia and Mongolia; The Central Asian Republics; Chapter 14: Modern Southeast Asia; The Dutch East Indies; The British Possessions; French Indochina and Thailand; The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Post-War Decolonisation; The Republic of Indonesia; The Tragedy of Vietnam; Filipino Democracy; Postscript: The Rise of Present-Day Asia; Glossary; Further Reading; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139616903321 |
Cotterell Arthur
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Chichester, : Wiley, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asia [[electronic resource] ] : A Concise History |
Autore | Cotterell Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
Disciplina | 950 |
Soggetto topico |
Asia -- History
Asia |
ISBN |
1-119-19960-3
1-283-17521-5 9786613175212 0-470-82958-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Asia: A Concise History; Contents; Preface; Introduction; List of Maps; Photo Credits; Part 1: Ancient Asia; Chapter 1: Ancient West Asia; The First Civilisation: Sumer; The Great Empires: Babylon, Assyria and Persia; Understanding the World: Religion and Myth; Endgame: Greco-Roman Europe Versus Persian Asia; Chapter 2: Ancient South Asia; Asia's Second Civilisation: The Indus Valley; Epic India: The Aryan Invasion; The Buddhist Revolution: The Mauryan Empire; The Age of Invasion: From the Bactrians to the Huns; Chapter 3: Ancient East Asia; The Cradle of the East: The Shang Dynasty
Classical China: The Zhou DynastyImperial Unification: The Qin and Former Han Emperors; Imperial Crisis: The Failure of the Later Han; Chapter 4: Ancient Central Asia; The Steppe: An Intercontinental Highway; Nomads: The Scourge of the Sown; The Spread of Buddhism: The First Pan-Asian Faith; The Great Raid: Attila the Hun; Part 2: Medieval Asia; Chapter 5: Medieval West Asia; Islam: The Second Pan-Asian Faith; The Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates; The Coming of the Seljuks; The Crusades; Safavid Persia; The Ottoman Empire; Chapter 6: Medieval South Asia; The Arrival of Islam The Hindu and Buddhist KingdomsThe Mughal Empire; European Rivalry; The British Triumph; Chapter 7: Medieval East Asia; Tang and Song China; Confucian Korea; Feudal Japan; The Ming Revival; Chapter 8: Medieval Central Asia; The Turks and the Qidans; The Tibetan Empire; The Mongol Empire; Tamerlane, the Sword of Islam; The Manchu Conquests; Chapter 9: Medieval Southeast Asia; Independent Vietnam; The Khmer Empire; The Kingdoms of Burma; The Island Powers: Srivijaya, Mataram and Majapahit; The Slow Spread of Islam; The Advent of European Power; The Rise of the Thai; Part 3: Modern Asia Chapter 10: Modern West AsiaThe Fall of the Ottoman Empire; Between World Wars; The Founding of Israel; Syria, Lebanon and Jordan; Iraq versus Iran; Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States; Modern Turkey; Chapter 11: Modern South Asia; The British Raj; The Indian Mutiny; The End of Company Rule; Gandhi and Indian Nationalism; Independence and Partition; Sri Lanka and Bangladesh; Chapter 12: Modern East Asia; China's Humiliation; Japanese Imperialism; The People's Republic of China; The Korean War; The Rise of the Pacific Rim; Chapter 13: Modern Central Asia; The Russian Advance; The Great Game Afghanistan, the Land of BonesSiberia and Mongolia; The Central Asian Republics; Chapter 14: Modern Southeast Asia; The Dutch East Indies; The British Possessions; French Indochina and Thailand; The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Post-War Decolonisation; The Republic of Indonesia; The Tragedy of Vietnam; Filipino Democracy; Postscript: The Rise of Present-Day Asia; Glossary; Further Reading; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829868503321 |
Cotterell Arthur
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Chichester, : Wiley, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asia [[electronic resource] ] : A Concise History |
Autore | Cotterell Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
Disciplina | 950 |
Soggetto topico |
Asia -- History
Asia |
ISBN |
1-119-19960-3
1-283-17521-5 9786613175212 0-470-82958-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Asia: A Concise History; Contents; Preface; Introduction; List of Maps; Photo Credits; Part 1: Ancient Asia; Chapter 1: Ancient West Asia; The First Civilisation: Sumer; The Great Empires: Babylon, Assyria and Persia; Understanding the World: Religion and Myth; Endgame: Greco-Roman Europe Versus Persian Asia; Chapter 2: Ancient South Asia; Asia's Second Civilisation: The Indus Valley; Epic India: The Aryan Invasion; The Buddhist Revolution: The Mauryan Empire; The Age of Invasion: From the Bactrians to the Huns; Chapter 3: Ancient East Asia; The Cradle of the East: The Shang Dynasty
Classical China: The Zhou DynastyImperial Unification: The Qin and Former Han Emperors; Imperial Crisis: The Failure of the Later Han; Chapter 4: Ancient Central Asia; The Steppe: An Intercontinental Highway; Nomads: The Scourge of the Sown; The Spread of Buddhism: The First Pan-Asian Faith; The Great Raid: Attila the Hun; Part 2: Medieval Asia; Chapter 5: Medieval West Asia; Islam: The Second Pan-Asian Faith; The Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates; The Coming of the Seljuks; The Crusades; Safavid Persia; The Ottoman Empire; Chapter 6: Medieval South Asia; The Arrival of Islam The Hindu and Buddhist KingdomsThe Mughal Empire; European Rivalry; The British Triumph; Chapter 7: Medieval East Asia; Tang and Song China; Confucian Korea; Feudal Japan; The Ming Revival; Chapter 8: Medieval Central Asia; The Turks and the Qidans; The Tibetan Empire; The Mongol Empire; Tamerlane, the Sword of Islam; The Manchu Conquests; Chapter 9: Medieval Southeast Asia; Independent Vietnam; The Khmer Empire; The Kingdoms of Burma; The Island Powers: Srivijaya, Mataram and Majapahit; The Slow Spread of Islam; The Advent of European Power; The Rise of the Thai; Part 3: Modern Asia Chapter 10: Modern West AsiaThe Fall of the Ottoman Empire; Between World Wars; The Founding of Israel; Syria, Lebanon and Jordan; Iraq versus Iran; Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States; Modern Turkey; Chapter 11: Modern South Asia; The British Raj; The Indian Mutiny; The End of Company Rule; Gandhi and Indian Nationalism; Independence and Partition; Sri Lanka and Bangladesh; Chapter 12: Modern East Asia; China's Humiliation; Japanese Imperialism; The People's Republic of China; The Korean War; The Rise of the Pacific Rim; Chapter 13: Modern Central Asia; The Russian Advance; The Great Game Afghanistan, the Land of BonesSiberia and Mongolia; The Central Asian Republics; Chapter 14: Modern Southeast Asia; The Dutch East Indies; The British Possessions; French Indochina and Thailand; The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Post-War Decolonisation; The Republic of Indonesia; The Tragedy of Vietnam; Filipino Democracy; Postscript: The Rise of Present-Day Asia; Glossary; Further Reading; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910841430403321 |
Cotterell Arthur
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Chichester, : Wiley, 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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