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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... Buddhist practice , as in later Christianity . As with Christianity , Buddhism remained for its first several centuries a minority religion , but the difficult . discipline of the original teachings was softened some- what so as to ...
... Buddhist practice , as in later Christianity . As with Christianity , Buddhism remained for its first several centuries a minority religion , but the difficult . discipline of the original teachings was softened some- what so as to ...
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... Buddhism won more converts it was transformed almost unrecognizably . Some forms of Mahayana Buddhism acquired a magic overlay : bodhisattvas and their attendants flew through the air ; worshippers could obtain sanctity merely by ...
... Buddhism won more converts it was transformed almost unrecognizably . Some forms of Mahayana Buddhism acquired a magic overlay : bodhisattvas and their attendants flew through the air ; worshippers could obtain sanctity merely by ...
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... Buddhist Art Buddhism continued to act as a vehicle for Chinese cul- ture , including Buddhist art . This gave a new opportu- nity for the expression of the Japanese artistic genius . Craftsmen worked mainly in wood , where in China ...
... Buddhist Art Buddhism continued to act as a vehicle for Chinese cul- ture , including Buddhist art . This gave a new opportu- nity for the expression of the Japanese artistic genius . Craftsmen worked mainly in wood , where in China ...
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