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Asia - āˈzhə, the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population.

Boundaries

Asia's border with Europe—which, geographically, may be regarded as a peninsula of the Eurasian landmass—lies approximately along the Urals, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus


16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Asian History

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    A Short History of Asia: Stone Age to 2000 AD » Read Now

    by Colin Mason. 312 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This text covers the whole scope of Asian history in a single volume and requires no prior knowledge of Asian history. It particularly identifies relationships between the developing Western and Asian societies.
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    Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture » Read Now

    by John S. Bowman. 744 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Containing more information on Asian culture than any other English-language reference work, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture is the first of its kind: a set of more than thirty chronologies for all the countries of Asia -- East, South, Southeast, and Central -- from the...
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    Nations out of Empires: European Nationalism and the Transformation of Asia » Read Now

    by Harry G. Gelber. 263 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Harry Gelber examines centuries of colonial interaction and argues for a close link between revolution in 18th-century Europe and the development of Asian nationalism from the 19th century onwards. He reviews how the adoption of European industrial and financial practices encouraged the spread of...
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    Asia and Western Dominance: A Survey of the Vasco Da Gama Epoch of Asian History, 1498-1945 » Read Now

    by K. M. Panikkar. 534 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Vasco Da Gama Epoch of Asian History 1498-1945 BY...to me of writing a history of European relations with Asian countries during the...the reflection in history of a great...
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    Southeast Asia, Past & Present » Read Now

    by D. R. Sardesai. 422 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Praise for earlier editions: "There is a definite need for an affordable survey of Southeast Asia that is readable, literate, up-to-date, & conceptually & factually sound. D. R. SarDesai's book fills these criteria admirably." Arnold P. Kaminsky California State University at Long Beach
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    A History of South-East Asia » Read Now

    by D. G. E. Hall. 807 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...an introduction to South-East Asian history, designed as much for the non...in the discovery of South-East Asian history is beyond praise. Krom monumental...first great...
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    Maritime Southeast Asia to 1500 » Read Now

    by Lynda Norene Shaffer. 144 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "A well researched and lucid history of the Southeast Asian island realms (Indochina), attending to a variety of subjects such as crops and language groups, the silk and spice trade, African sailors and Chinese porcelains, religions, and royal houses". -- Reference & Research Book News
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    A History of the Modern and Contemporary Far East: A Survey of Western Contacts with Eastern Asia during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries » Read Now

    by Paul Hibbert Clyde. 884 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...THE modern international history of the Far East, as western...and finally, the gigantic Asian plateau, extending almost the...Kwangtung, too, have had a longer history of...
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    A History of Communism in East Asia » Read Now

    by Malcolm Kennedy. 568 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Communism in East Asia -ii- A HISTORY OF Communism in East Asia...26 IV. The Pan-Asian Setting 35 V...even as allies. The official History of the CPSU B lays...
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    Subnational Movements in South Asia » Read Now

    by Subrata K. Mitra, R. Alison Lewis. 260 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...members of the Center for South Asian Studies and the Department of...Mohammad Ali Jinnah Fellow of History at St. Antonys College, Oxford...on politics within the South...
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    Religion and Political Conflict in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka » Read Now

    by Douglas Allen. 230 pgs.

    One of the most surprising developments of the last 20 years has been the proliferation of aggressive political movements linked to religion. This timely collection of studies by internationally known scholars offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the interplay between religion and politics in...
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    European Colonial Rule, 1880-1940: The Impact of the West on India, Southeast Asia, and Africa » Read Now

    by Rudolf von Albertini, Albert Wirz, John G. Williamson. 586 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...History Review JAH Journal of African History JAS Journal of Asian Studies JEH Journal of Economic History...History JSEAH Journal of South East Asian History MAS Modern...
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    Central Asia in Historical Perspective » Read Now

    by Beatrice F. Manz. 245 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...question of Caucasian and Central Asian history, graced with a wealth of kings...Khanate of Khiva", Journal of Asian History , vol. 12, # 2 1978 , pp...Mongol Bukhara"...
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    Central Asia since Independence » Read Now

    by Shireen T. Hunter. 222 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    A noted expert in Eurasian studies examines the nationalist, ethnic, and pro-independence movements in and among the new Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union.
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    The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia » Read Now

    by Rene Grousset, Naomi Walford. 720 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Russian steppe is of the Asian. After the Huns came...The interior history of the steppe is that...River and Budapest, history, written by men of...the vastness of the...

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