Major historical events and periods, from Bronze Age China to modern India. Wars, rebellions, revolutions, dynasties, empires, discoveries, treaties, and other turning points across the centuries and across the continent are covered in full - with specialattention to today's most influential developmnents: the Vietnam war, revolutions in Iran and the Philippines, ethnic and religious conflict in India, the Japanese economic miracle... and more./ The geography of a continent is here in articles on regions, countries, cities, sacred sites, mountains, deserts, and other historically important places: Mount Everest, Kashmir, Kyoto, The Gobi Desert, The Great Wall of China.../ Influential men and women are profiled in 1,213 of biographies of great figures from the past as well as today's newsmakers - Alexander the Great to the Ayatollah Khomeini... Marco Polo to Mao Zedong.../ The record of Asian civilization is in articles on the majesty of Angkor Wat and the Taj Mahal to accessible surveys of Asian art, architecture, theater, and music... science, philosophy, and religion... law and custom... in every culture and society, in all periods of history.