{"product_id":"asia-9780470825044","title":"Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides a look at the global convulsions - like the rise and fall of Assyria and Persia, the medieval states that flourished after the advent of Islam, and the transformations triggered by the lightning conquests of imperial Japan - that have shaped the continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovember 2012\u003cbr\u003eBook by Chia-Hui Francis Lin, PhD, The University of Melbourne, Australia, first published by East Asia Integration Studies:\u003cbr\u003ehttp:\/\/asianintegration.org\/index.php?option=com_joomlib\u0026amp;task=view\u0026amp;id=88\u0026amp;Itemid=75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhoto Credits xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Ancient Asia 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Ancient West Asia 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Civilisation: Sumer 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Empires: Babylon, Assyria and Persia 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the World: Religion and Myth 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndgame: Greco-Roman Europe Versus Persian Asia 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Ancient South Asia 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsia’s Second Civilisation: The Indus Valley 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpic India: The Aryan Invasion 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Buddhist Revolution: The Mauryan Empire 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Age of Invasion: From the Bactrians to the Huns 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Ancient East Asia 74\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cradle of the East: The Shang Dynasty 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassical China: The Zhou Dynasty 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Unification: The Qin and Former Han Emperors 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Crisis: The Failure of the Later Han 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Ancient Central Asia 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Steppe: An Intercontinental Highway 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNomads: The Scourge of the Sown 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spread of Buddhism: The First Pan-Asian Faith 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Raid: Attila the Hun 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Medieval Asia 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Medieval West Asia 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslam: The Second Pan-Asian Faith 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coming of the Seljuks 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crusades 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSafavid Persia 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ottoman Empire 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Medieval South Asia 178\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Arrival of Islam 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hindu and Buddhist Kingdoms 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mughal Empire 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean Rivalry 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe British Triumph 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Medieval East Asia 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTang and Song China 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfucian Korea 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeudal Japan 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ming Revival 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Medieval Central Asia 246\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Turks and the Qidans 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tibetan Empire 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mongol Empire 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTamerlane, the Sword of Islam 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Manchu Conquests 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Medieval Southeast Asia 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependent Vietnam 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Khmer Empire 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Kingdoms of Burma 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Island Powers: Srivijaya, Mataram and Majapahit 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Slow Spread of Islam 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Advent of European Power 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Thai 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Modern Asia 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Modern West Asia 317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fall of the Ottoman Empire 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween World Wars 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Founding of Israel 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyria, Lebanon and Jordan 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIraq versus Iran 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaudi Arabia and the Gulf States 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Turkey 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: Modern South Asia 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe British Raj 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Indian Mutiny 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of Company Rule 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGandhi and Indian Nationalism 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependence and Partition 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSri Lanka and Bangladesh 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Modern East Asia 363\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Humiliation 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapanese Imperialism 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe People’s Republic of China 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Korean War 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Pacific Rim 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13: Modern Central Asia 386\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Russian Advance 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Game 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfghanistan, the Land of Bones 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSiberia and Mongolia 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Central Asian Republics 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14: Modern Southeast Asia 407\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dutch East Indies 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe British Possessions 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench Indochina and Thailand 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-War Decolonisation 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Republic of Indonesia 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tragedy of Vietnam 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilipino Democracy 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript: The Rise of Present-Day Asia 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 453\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402431013207,"sku":"9780470825044","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/asia-9780470825044","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}