Index of Topics for All Time Periods

To 4000 BCE | 4000-1000 BCE | 1000 BCE-300 CE 300-600 CE | 600-1000 | 1000-1450 | 1450-1750 | 1750-1919 1900-1950 | 1950-2000 | 21st Century

Earliest Times to 4000 BCE: The Beginnings of Human Society

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Early Humans Neolithic Period (Yangshao) Crops Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods (Jomon) Neolithic Period Neolithic Period Mesolithic and Neolithic Periods; Indus Valley /Early Harappan

4000-1000 BCE: Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Neolithic Period Xia, Shang, Zhou Oracle Bones/Writing Divination Bronze Casting Women: Childbearing Warfare Bronzes and Jades Neolithic Period (Jomon) Origin Myths in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki Shinto Neolithic Period Origin Myths Neolithic Period and Bronze Age Neolithic Period; Indus/Early Harappan Harappan/Vedic Period The Indus Script The Divine World Sculpture and Figurines | back to top |

1000 BCE-300 CE: Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Zhou and Warring States Qin Unification Han Consolidation; The Silk Road Language/Calligraphy Confucianism, Daoism Mencius, Han Fei, Li Si Silk, Paper, Porcelain Warfare Agriculture Foreign Relations Women and Family Classic of Odes Neolithic Period (Jomon) Yayoi, the People of Wa Origin Myths in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki Shinto Pimiko, Queen of Wa Bronze Age (Old Chosôn), Iron Age (Conquest by Chinese Han Dynasty) Early Three Kingdoms/Silla Origin Myths Bronze Age and Iron Age (Dongson; Conquest by Chinese Han Dynasty) Si Vuong (Shi Xie) Women Warriors (The Tru'ng Sisters) Vedic Period/Indo-Gangetic; Nanda Mauryan, Kushan, Shunga Early Hinduism Early Buddhism Early Jainism Global Trade Mahabharata, Ramayana | back to top |

300-600 CE: Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Period of Disunity Spread of Buddhism Women: Ballad of Mulan Literature: Wang Can, Tao Qian Kofun (Tomb) Period Asuka Period Buddhism Reaches Japan Three Kingdoms Period: Koguryô, Paekche, Silla Buddhism Reaches Korea Sondok, Silla Queen Bronze Age and Iron Age (Chinese Rule Continues in Viet Regions) Buddhism and Hinduism in Mainland Southeast Asia Gupta Empire Buddhism The Puranas Gupta Buddhist Sculpture and Hindu Temples   | back to top |

600-1000: Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Sui, Tang, Liao Silk Road; Xuanzang's Pilgrimage to India Spread of Buddhism; Buddhism in China Islam in China Scholar-Officials Rulership, Laws, Taxes Silk, Paper, Porcelain Poetry about War Silk Road Trade; Slavery Women and Family Tang Poets: Wang Wei, Li Bo, Du Fu Journey to the West (Tale of Monkey) Cave Paintings; Calligraphy; Music Asuka Period Nara Period, Heian Period Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji Buddhism in Japan Japanese Missions to Tang China; Prince Shôtoku's Constitution Waka (Tanka) Poetry The Tale of Genji Folk Tales Emaki (Picture Scrolls) Unified Silla; Koryô Injunctions of King T'aejo Mechanical Toys Two Silla Queens: Sondok and Chindok Oral Poetry of Silla Chinese Rule Continues under Tang Dynasty Chữ Nôm Cao Vuong Powerful Regional States Islam Enters India Chola Bronzes | back to top |

1000-1450: Intensified Hemispheric Interactions

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Song, Liao, Jin Yuan: Mongols Marco Polo Ming Neo-Confucianism Neo-Confucian Reform China under Khubilai Khan Ming Promotion of Social Order "Rainbow Bridge" Astronomy Military Technology Agriculture; Growth of Cities Ming Voyages Homes and Gardens Women Literature: Yue Fei, Sima Guang, Su Shi, Li Qingzhao Painting, Calligraphy Ceramics Late Heian Period Kamakura, Muromachi Mongol Naval Campaigns New Buddhist Sects Order during Political Transition The Tale of the Heike An Account of My Hut, by Chômei Kenkô's Essays in Idleness Noh and Kyôgen Scroll Painting Koryô Chosôn; King Sejong Hangul, the Korean Script Neo-Confucian Anti-Buddhism Chosôn Land Reform Printing Technology Slave Status Koryô and Chosôn Ceramics End of Chinese rule; Ly and Tran dominate Religious Poetry of Tran Ming Tong Powerful Regional States Development of Urdu Islam in Northern India Bhakti Poets | back to top |

1450-1750: The Emergence of the First Global Age

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Ming, Qing Ming Neo-Confucianism Moral Instruction Christianity Enters China Qing Government Astronomy Advanced Economy; Silver Trade Homes and Gardens Women Qing Literature Painting Muromachi Momoyama, Edo Edicts of the Tokugawa Shogunate Japanese-Dutch Trade Social Hierarchy in Tokugawa Society: Samurai, Merchants Women Comic Prose, Verse Matsuo Bashô Bunraku; Kabuki Cultivated Samurai Chanoyu (Tea Ceremony) Kano, Rinpa, Ukiyo-e Chosôn Admiral Yi Sun-Shin Slavery; Genealogy Neo-Confucian Reforms Women Vietnam's Independent Period Mac Scholar-Officials Lê Defends Itself against Champa Deccan Sultanates; Mughal Dynasty Sikhism; Akbar's Universal Religion Bhakti Poets Women Taj Mahal; Mughal Court Painting | back to top |

1750-1919: An Age of Revolutions

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Qing "Self-Strengthening" Radical Social Reform May Fourth Movement Taiping Rebellion Internal Crisis; Famine Reform to Revolution Sino-Japanese War China and Europe China and the U.S. Homes and Gardens Western Views of Chinese Women Painting Edo, Meiji Reflections on Japan's Modernization Meiji Charter Oath and Constitution Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War Japanese-Dutch Trade Commodore Perry Codes of Merchant Houses Food and Identity Natsume Sôseki and the "I" Novel Silent Films Ukiyo-e; Japonisme Chosôn Japanese Rule Chosôn Reformers Reactions to the West Tonghak Uprising Contact with U.S. and Europe Queen Min Nguyen Unites Vietnam French Rule Family vs. Nation: Hoang Cao Khai and Phan Dinh Phung Nguyen Court's Examination System Economy of the South during the Rule of Trinh and Nguyen, 1770s Mughal Dynasty; British Rule South Asian Diaspora Women Court Painting; "Company" Painting | back to top |

1900-1950: A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Republic of China May Fourth Movement Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution Rebuilding China Communism in China Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Mao Zedong on Warfare Women during the Republican Era Raising Children Farmers and the Chinese Revolution Literature: Lu Xun, Mao Dun Graphic Arts Meiji, Taisho, Showa Nationalism and Propaganda Russo-Japanese War World War I World War II Japanese American Internment The Atomic Bomb American Occupation Shiseido: Changing Ideals of Feminine Beauty Akutagawa Ryunosuke Silent Films Japanese Rule Korean Communist Party Stories about the Colonial Experience "Comfort Women" French Rule 1945 Declaration of Independence Striving for Modernity: The Haircut New Generation of Poets British Rule Independence and Partition South Asian Diaspora | back to top |

1950-2000: Promises and Paradoxes

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA People's Republic of China "Hundred Flowers" Period Land Reform, Socialized Agriculture, The Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution Socialism and Democracy after Mao Zedong Tiananmen Square Demonstrations Religion in China Today Political System since 1949 Foreign Policy U.S.-China Relations Population Trends Autobiographies about Life in China after 1949 Graphic Arts Showa, Heisei Government and Politics Postwar Military Policy Japan and the World after World War II Japan's Economy, Postwar and Beyond Contemporary Japan Kawabata Yasunari Korean War and the Division of Korea Korea in the 21st Century Christianity Postwar South Korea Kim Dae-Jung Kim Ilsông and North Korea Security on the Korean Peninsula Korean Immigrants in the U.S. Political Satire Vietnam War Socialist Republic of Vietnam Entrepreneurial Families Republic of India Islamic Republic of Pakistan India's Democracy South Asian Diaspora Village Life in Northern India Traditional Arts | back to top |

Contemporary Asia in the 21st Century

CHINA JAPAN KOREA VIETNAM & SE ASIA SOUTH ASIA Education Websites of Major News Media Curriculum on Current World Issues Focus on China Chinese News Media Education Websites of Major News Media Curriculum on Current World Issues Focus on Japan Japanese News Media Education Websites of Major News Media Curriculum on Current World Issues Focus on Korea Korean News Media Education Websites of Major News Media Curriculum on Current World Issues Southeast Asian News Media Education Websites of Major News Media Curriculum on Current World Issues South Asian News Media | back to top |

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