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Huge land mass and multiple diverse cultures
- In Asia, because of its huge land mass and multiple diverse cultures, there are several overlapping timelines. Also, for the same reason, different regions have different histories, but they all intersect — in myriad ways — at different points in history.
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In Asia, because of its huge land mass and multiple diverse cultures, there are several overlapping timelines. Also, for the same reason, different regions have different histories, but they all intersect — in myriad ways — at different points in history.
The history of Asia can be seen as the collective history of several distinct peripheral coastal regions such as East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East linked by the interior mass of the Eurasian steppe.
While the brief thematic descriptions provide a synoptic view of recurring dynamics in South Asian history, specific sections in the timeline will reveal how these themes manifested in different historical periods. To aid with lesson-planning, content in each sub-section of the timeline has been tagged with relevant themes.
Asian History. The continent of Asia, home to the majority of the world's population and countries as diverse as China, South Korea and India, has thousands of years of rich history. Topics. See...
6. EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. At the beginning of the 16 th century, the peoples of Asia remained relatively isolated from the other regions of the world. There was some contact between Asia and the rest of the world as ideas, inventions, and some goods, crops, and animals were shared along the Silk Road. But the Asian world of emerging state ...
From 1200 to 1450 CE, South and Southeast Asia were extremely diverse regions, in many aspects of life. Most people lived in small villages raising crops and animals, but some lived in cities where wealth came primarily from trade. Others lived in forests or mountains as herders or foragers.
c. 1200 BCE. The Median clans are among the Indo-Iranian migrant tribes from Central Asia and/or Caucasus to North Zagros, Iran.
