Asian History

Welcome to East Asian History in its new electronic form. East Asian History is an international refereed journal publishing scholarly research on all aspects of historical studies in East Asia.

Learn about Asian history with profiles of famous Asian leaders, key battles, and articles about cultural and scientific contributions.

The history of Asia can be seen as the collective history of several distinct peripheral coastal regions such as, East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East linked by the interior mass of the Eurasian steppe.

History outline of Thailand, from early history until today.

As China's power and influence continue to grow in Asia and beyond, many analysts look to Chinese history to understand how a strong China will behave and view the world in the future. Many of these attempts to apply an historical lens engage in gross simplifications and misreadings of the relevance and meaning of hundreds of years of Chinese thought and behavior.

China is one of the world's oldest civilized nation, which dates back to more than 10,000 years. The 5,000 years period is commonly used as the date when China became unified under a large empire. China alternated between periods of political unity and disunity at intervals, and was occasionally conquered by external groups of people, some eventually being assimilated into the Chinese population.

China is one of the world's 4 ancient civilization, whose written history can be said to date back to the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1046 BC) over 3,000 years ago.

History, map and timeline of Ancient India and South Asia in 2500 BC where a major civilization had appeared in the Indus Valley bringing drainage and sewers to the world.

Information on Japan - map of Japan, geography, history, politics, government, rulers, dynasties, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities, and the national flag.

A timeline of Japanese History from the University of Columbia.

A gaffe by Japan's prime minister speaks volumes about Asia's current rivalries, and how they might be soothed.