The Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture features:
-- three discrete chronologies on (1) Politics/History, (2) Art/Culture/Religion, and (3) Science/Economics/Everyday Life for each of Asia's three major cultures -- China, India, and Japan -- as well as a combined chronology for each of the other nations;
-- detailed entries (often including day and month as well as year) of countless historical events as well as important milestones in religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts;
-- entries on technological developments and natural events (famines, floods, etc.) affecting the lives of ordinary people
-- independence dates for all countries; and
-- authoritative and accessibly written entries, prepared under the direction of a team of Asian scholars from Columbia, Harvard, and other major research universities.