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A brief history of the cultures of Asia. Historians divide history into large and small units in order to make characteristics and changes clear to themselves and to students. It’s important to remember that any historical period is a construction and a simplification.
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.
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.
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- Wars in Asia That Changed History. Over the centuries, many wars have been fought in the vast area known as Asia. Some stand out in history, such as the Opium Wars and the Sino-Japanese War, both of which took place in the last half of 19th century.
- Protests and Massacres. From the An-Lushan Uprising in the 8th century to the Quit India movement of the 20th and beyond, Asian people have risen in protest of their governments innumerable times.
- Historic Natural Disasters in Asia. Asia is a tectonically active place. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis are among the natural dangers inherent to the area.
- The Arts in Asia. The creative minds of Asia have brought the world a huge number of stunningly beautiful art forms. From music, theater, and dance, to painting and pottery, the people of Asia have created some of the most memorable art the world has seen.
- Geographical divisions. Here are the major subdivisions currently used in textbooks or in curatorial departments in art museums. Keep in mind that these categories are complicated by previous divisions, some of which reflect a violent history, such as campaigns of colonization by Western or Asian countries.
- Cultural divisions. A radically different way of looking at Asia’s cultural histories is to trace major transcultural phenomena — from religious to commercial — that spanned multiple periods and geographical regions.
- Prehistoric (before c. 2500 B.C.E.) The term “prehistoric” refers to the time before written history. In Asia as elsewhere, this is the period when the most fundamental aspects of human civilization as we know it are formed and developed.
- Ancient – Conquests, New Empires, and New Religions (c. 2500 B.C.E. to 650 C.E.) The ancient world is often thought of as a cradle of today’s civilizations.
In this project, fifty-seven articles and essays are divided into four sections including Asia in Western history, Asia in world history, modern Asia from 1660 to 1990, and themes in Asian history.
East Asia generally encompasses the histories of China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan from prehistoric times to the present. [1] Each of its countries has a different national history, but East Asian Studies scholars maintain that the region is also characterized by a distinct pattern of historical development. [2]
