Asian history

The studies brought together here focus upon the literary and cultural activity of the Chinese court during the Han and early medieval period.

This book traces the contours of the symbiotic relationship between crop cultivation and cattle rearing in India by reading against the grain of several official accounts from the late colonial period to the 1980s.

Judas Iscariot - a name that has become synonymous with betrayal and moral failure.

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the developments in the modern Chinese history since the Opium War in 1840, by reflecting on the history of the Communist Party of China, the history of China since 1949, the history of the economic reform and opening up, and the history of China's socialist institutional construction respectively.

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the developments in the modern Chinese history since the Opium War in 1840, by reflecting on the history of the Communist Party of China, the history of China since 1949, the history of the economic reform and opening up, and the history of China's socialist institutional construction respectively.

Factories of Death details the activities of the Japanese army scientists that conducted numerous horrifying experiments upon live human beings.

Sounds of the Sunny Island provides a historical overview of music in this rapidly developing city and the impact of immigration on its melodies.

This book delves into the concept and definition of social movements from different perspectives with relevance to India.

This book is a theoretical study of China's maritime development and maritime humanities and social sciences, as well as a study of China's maritime historiography.

First published in 1986, The Bulgarian Economy (now with a new preface by the author) traces the rapid growth of the Bulgarian economy throughout the twentieth century.

This book is a theoretical study of China's maritime development and maritime humanities and social sciences, as well as a study of China's maritime historiography.

This collection of studies by Edward Kennedy looks first at questions of spherical astronomy, celestial mapping and planetary models, and then deals with astrological calculations.

Hindu Customs and their Origins (1937) primarily examines the topic of caste in India, looking at the ancient ideas of the origins of caste and testing modern theories through a critical examination.

This is a Marine infantryman's combat memoir from the Invasion of Iraq to the Battle of Fallujah.

This is a Marine infantryman's combat memoir from the Invasion of Iraq to the Battle of Fallujah.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Eine Urga-Handschrift des mongolischen Geschichtswerks von Secen Sagang (alias Sanang Secen)" verfügbar.

This fully revised 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan provides a comprehensive overview of both contemporary Taiwan and the Taiwan studies field.

Drachen – mächtige, ehrfurchtgebietende und geheimnisvolle Wesen – haben die chinesische Kultur seit Jahrtausenden durchdrungen.

This book employs cutting-edge digital and spatial methodologies to tackle the critical issue of religious site scarcity across China for five major religions: Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Islam, spanning the period from 1911 to 2004.

Am Ende des 18.

Many of the best-known and most popular children's stories of the 20th and early 21st century were written by veterans of World War I and World War II.

This is a historical and anthropological study of the myth of the werewolf aimed at reflecting on the metamorphoses of evil and understanding the long evolution of a mythical structure.

This is a historical and anthropological study of the myth of the werewolf aimed at reflecting on the metamorphoses of evil and understanding the long evolution of a mythical structure.

This book is one of the first edited volumes on the current Israel/Palestine conflict-the Gaza Nakba 2023-24.

Im 19.

Many of the best-known and most popular children's stories of the 20th and early 21st century were written by veterans of World War I and World War II.

Peu de personnes connaissent l’intervention des forces alliées et associées en Russie entre 1918 et 1920.

In the context of the simple, enjoyable and unconscious presentation, the writer presents the main landmarks of Sufism, and moves us from the nature of Sufism as a human sign, to the distinction between the many meanings of its meaning, to the difference between him and the forms of Sufism in other religions, and defined its methods, doctrines, literature and other outlets with an impact in this field.

This book explores the historical interactions between Beijing and the West before the Opium War.

This book transcends traditional historical analysis to explore the intricate tapestry of colonialism, modernity, and identity formation in Northeast India.

Dating all the way back to the 5th century B.

The present collection brings together a series of studies by Peter Marshall on British imperial expansion in the later 18th century.

This collection of essays, two of which appear in print for the first time, documents the late Holden Furber's discovery that private ventures, most manifestly deployed in the 'country trade' between Asian ports, played a major role in the European expansion in India before the age of empire.

Korea is a historical region of prominence in the global political economy.

The western steppelands of Central Eurasia, stretching from the Danube, through the modern Ukraine and southern Russia, to the Caspian, have historically been the meeting ground of Inner Asian pastoral nomads and the agrarian societies of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

In einer Welt voller Konflikte und Herausforderungen bietet der Jainismus mit seiner Philosophie der Gewaltlosigkeit (Ahimsa) einen faszinierenden Weg zu innerem und äußerem Frieden.

This book interprets the concepts, philosophies and cultural traditions of lunli (roughly construed as "e;relationships and rationality"e;) from the perspective and domain of 'dialogue civilization.