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History
Deep Research - Asian History
CHINESE HISTORY
Asian Historical Architecture
Asian Timelines - Detailed timelines and chronologies. Contains clickable links for significant events and topics leading on to further detailed timelines and articles. A well done resource, covers India, China and Japan.
Bibliographies on Chinese History and Culture - Especially strong for the study of Chinese religious culture. By Barend ter Haar, Prof. of Chinese History, Leiden University.
Chinese History - Chinese history, timelines, maps, and Chronology of dynasties and emperors.
Chinese History for Beginners - Chinese History for Beginners. Maintained by Paul Frankenstein.
Chinese History Resources - Asian History research resource links for high school and college students.
Empress Dowager Cixi - The story of the concubine who came to rule China in the late 1800s.
Emergence of Modern China - How increasing contact with western powers led to war and enforced change.
Emperors of India, China & Japan
Exploring Chinese History - An extensive source of references to Chinese history and Current News and Events in and around China. Includes index, chronologies and image library.
History of China - "The core of the following history pages is based on the history portion of the Army Area Handbook on China. Specifically, the history section was written by Rinn-Sup Shinn and Robert L. Worden.". By Leon Poon.
Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria - "The wealth of China is used to profit the barbarians ... by what right do they then in return use the poisonous drug to injure the Chinese people?". Full text of a letter written by Commissioner Lin in the lead up to the war.
Opium War and the Opening of China - Extended essay on the effects of the Opium War on the opening of China, on social, economical, political, and intellectual levels.
Opium Wars - "By the 1830's, the English had become the major drug-trafficking criminal organization in the world". Discussion of the causes and effects of these wars.
Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization - "The goal of this 'visual sourcebook' is to add to the material teachers can use to help their students understand Chinese history, culture, and society. It was not designed to stand alone; we assume that teachers who use it will also assign a textbook with basic information about Chinese history." By Patricia Buckley Ebrey
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