A history of Asia

by Murphey, Rhoads

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Title Statements

Full title :A history of Asia / Rhoads Murphey, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Michigan, with Kristin Stapleton, the University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Seventh edtion

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pearson
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 498 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780205168637, 0205168639, 9781315509495, 1315509490
oclc:ocn959979718
LC Classification:DS33
Dewey Decimal:950

Machine generated contents note: Geography -- Population Densities -- Common Cultural Patterns -- The Study of Monsoon Asia -- 1. Prehistoric Asia -- Early and Paleolithic Cultures -- The Neolithic Revolution -- Origins of Civilization in India -- The Indus Civilization -- The Aryans -- Agricultural Origins in Southeast Asia -- Peoples and Early Kingdoms of Southeast Asia -- Prehistoric China -- Korea and Japan -- Early Asian Commercial and Cultural Networking -- 2. Asian Religions and Their Cultures -- Hinduism -- Buddhism in India and Its Spread Eastward -- A Closer Look: Gautama Buddha -- Reading Across Cultures: The Divine Couple and the Human Family -- Confucianism -- Daoism -- Judaism and Christianity in Monsoon Asia -- Islam in Asia -- Shinto -- Asian Religions: Some Reflections -- 3. The Societies of Asia -- Social Hierarchies -- The Family -- Sexual Behavior -- The Status of Women -- Education, Literacy, and the Printed Word -- Material Welfare -- 4. The Civilization of Ancient India -- The Rise of Empire: Mauryan India -- The Maurya Dynasty -- Pataliputra and the Glory of Mauryan India -- A Closer Look: The Emperor Ashoka, "Beloved of the Gods" -- Kushans and Greeks -- S…