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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... southern Palestine , Cayonu and Catal Huyuk in southern Anatolia , Jarmo in northern Iraq , Hassuna and Ali Kosh in western Iran , and many others . By about 4000 B.C. or slightly earlier agricultural techniques were far enough advanced ...
... southern Palestine , Cayonu and Catal Huyuk in southern Anatolia , Jarmo in northern Iraq , Hassuna and Ali Kosh in western Iran , and many others . By about 4000 B.C. or slightly earlier agricultural techniques were far enough advanced ...
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... southern resistance to the repeated attempts at conquest from the north . We know very little about this lower half of India before about the time of Ashoka . By then it is clear that southern cultures and states , although divided into ...
... southern resistance to the repeated attempts at conquest from the north . We know very little about this lower half of India before about the time of Ashoka . By then it is clear that southern cultures and states , although divided into ...
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... southern India . These raids often stimulated or increased internal dissension when rival Sinhalese claimants to the throne made common cause with the invaders , especially after about the sixth century A.D. The Chola Empire , which ...
... southern India . These raids often stimulated or increased internal dissension when rival Sinhalese claimants to the throne made common cause with the invaders , especially after about the sixth century A.D. The Chola Empire , which ...
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Introduction Monsoon Asia as a Unit of Study | 2 |
Prehistoric Asia | 9 |
South Asia | 20 |
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