CHINA: Timeline of Chinese History and Dynasties

JAPAN: Japanese History: A Chronological Outline

KOREA: A Timeline of Korean History

VIETNAM: Vietnamese History: A Chronological Outline

SOUTH ASIA: History of South Asia: A Chronological Outline

• A Timeline of Chinese Inventions
A comparative timeline tracking various inventions and ideas as they appeared in Chinese and Western histories. Covers many of the items mentioned in the unit Chinese Inventions: Can You Name Them? (above) and spans the period from 300 BCE to 1900 CE.

• Timeline of China's "Period of Disunity"
An annotated timeline of the Period of Disunity.

• Introduction to China's Modern History
An introduction to modern Chinese history for teachers and students. Includes a brief introductory reading highlighting four major themes for teaching about modern Chinese history; a longer reading, "China in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries," providing an overview of the many significant changes in Chinese society, polity, and economy; and an annotated timeline of modern Chinese history from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) to China's civil war (1946-49)

• A Chronology of the PRC under Mao Zedong (1949-1976)

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• The Age of the Samurai (1185-1868)
A guide to the samurai governments that ruled Japan from 1185 to 1868. With discussion questions.

• Japan's Modern History: An Outline of the Periods
Divides Japanese history from 1600 to the present into four periods, providing teachers with a synopsis of major events placed in the context of overall historical developments. Also includes a timeline activity for students (to be completed with information from the reading).

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