Oriental History

Highlights of the History of Eastern Asia

Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China
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Readings in the histories of China, Japan, Indo-China, and eastern Asia as a whole by some of the greatest writers.

Some Years listed below are approximate.

YearTitleAuthor(s)
1600-1046 BCFirst Imperial Dynasty of ChinaWolfram Eberhard
660 BCJapan’s First EmperorSir Edward Reed
500 BCConfuciusRobert K. Douglas
200 BCTartars Invade China 200 BCDemetrius Charles Boulger
184 ADRomance of the Three KingdomsLuo Guanzhong
1203Genghis Khan Founds the Mongol EmpireHenry H. Howorth
1271Height of the Mongol Power In ChinaMarco Polo
1281Japan Repels the MongolsEdward H. Parker| |Marco Polo
1549Christianity Introduced Into JapanJohn H. Gubbins
1581The Cossacks Conquer SiberiaNikolay M. Karamzin
1840The Opium War of 1840Demetrius Charles Boulger
YearTitleAuthor(s)
1854Japan Reopens Relations With Outside World Matthew C. Perry
1867The New JapanYoshitami Sannomiya| |Tokiwo Yokio| |Ito Hirobumi
1873Communist International 1864-1873Thomas Kirkup
1882France Takes VietnamSir Robert Kennaway Douglas
1894The Sino-Japanese War of 1894J. MacGowan| |Jurichi Inouye
1898The Battle of Manila BayHubert Howe Bancroft
1900The Boxer UprisingChuan-sen| |William A.P. Martin
1904The Russo-Japanese WarCharles F. Horne| |Leo Tolstoy
1905China Awakens 1905Wu Ting Fang| |Adachi Kinnosuke| |A Chinese Cambridge Man
1905-1948The Republic of ChinaWolfram Eberhard
1912The Chinese Revolution of 1912Robert Machray, Reginald F. Johnston, and Tai-Chi Quo
1912Militarism Before World War INorman Angell| |Sir Max Waechter
1942Marines Land on GuadalcanalHenry I. Shaw, Jr.

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