A History of AsiaA History of Asia places an emphasis on social history, paying particular attention to cultural and religious trends and offering explicit comparisons among the major Asian traditions and between Asia and the western world. The second edition includes a new chapter on Japan, increased coverage of social history, urban history, women, and the environment, and an updated bibliography. |
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... earlier , wild rice may have invaded root crop fields as a weed and then been domesticated when its potential was realized . Until then taro , a root crop , may have dom- inated the agricultural system , since it is a water - loving ...
... earlier , wild rice may have invaded root crop fields as a weed and then been domesticated when its potential was realized . Until then taro , a root crop , may have dom- inated the agricultural system , since it is a water - loving ...
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... earlier than in Southwest Asia ; pottery fragments from Japan have been dated to about 8000 B.C. , and it is unlikely that de- velopment there was earlier than on the mainland . Pot- tery suggests the need for storing surpluses , and ...
... earlier than in Southwest Asia ; pottery fragments from Japan have been dated to about 8000 B.C. , and it is unlikely that de- velopment there was earlier than on the mainland . Pot- tery suggests the need for storing surpluses , and ...
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... earlier Shang pattern , where power was held by hereditary landowning nobility and where agriculture worked by slaves or serfs was virtu- ally the sole source of wealth . And unlike the northern states Ch'u was also a naval power ; it ...
... earlier Shang pattern , where power was held by hereditary landowning nobility and where agriculture worked by slaves or serfs was virtu- ally the sole source of wealth . And unlike the northern states Ch'u was also a naval power ; it ...
Contents
Introduction Monsoon Asia as a Unit of Study | 2 |
Prehistoric Asia | 9 |
South Asia | 20 |
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agriculture American areas army Asian Aurangzeb base became began Bengal British Buddhism built Burma called Cambridge capital Central Asia century A.D. Ch'ing China Chinese cities civilization colonial Communist Confucian conquest continued court culture Delhi Delhi sultanate developed dominant Dutch dynasty earlier early East economic efforts emperor empire especially Europe foreign Han dynasty Hindu Hinduism imperial India Indonesia Indus irrigation Islam Japan Japanese kingdoms Korea Kuomintang land later major Manchuria Marathas ment merchants military Ming modern Mongol monsoon mountains Mughal Muslim nese nomads north China northern official originally peasants Peking period Philippines political population ports Portuguese probably religion remained rice rival River rule rulers Shang ships Sinkiang society Southeast Asia southern spread Sumer Sung Tang Taoism temples Tibet tion trade traditional troops ture University Press Valley Vietnam West Western women Yangtze York