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Far East Site Guide
A guide to the pages from the Ancient/Classical History site at About covering China, Japan, and Korea.

General and Index Pages | Maps, Myths, and Timelines | Observation of Natural Phenomena | Art/Archaeology | China | Technology

General and Index Pages

Asia
Index page listing pages with resources on the Aryan controversy, the archaeology of the Indus Valley, development of communities along the Sarasvati River, ancient Indian plastic surgery and medicine, Sanskrit, and religion of South Asia; the economy, art, and rulers of ancient China, and the origins of the people of Japan and Korea.

Ancient Japan/Korea
Articles on Funan, Ancient Japan, Cross Cultural Timeline, Discovery of the New Continent, Early Iron in China, Korea, and Japan, The History of Japan, Japanese Language, Jomon Period, Yayoi and Jomon, The Yamato State, Ancient Korean History, and the Prehistory of Thailand.

Nature

Silk Road
Map of Silk Road, Silk Road chronology, Silk Road lesson plan, classroom activities, cities along the path of the trade route, and history of the trade route.

Ancient Eclipses
Feature on the views of eclipses from antiquity.

Eclipses
With the apparent desertion by the sun, eclipses were portents of disaster, so devastating that Battle decisions were made on the basis of their prediction. Page contains links to articles on the topic.

Calendars
Page of net links. Observation of the cycles of the sun, the seasonal cycles caused to all appearances by the movement of the sun, and the annual changes in the alignment of stars led to innovations and improvements in keeping track of the date.

Science and Technology

Asia: Science, Math, and Technology
Iron in China, Korea, and Japan, the Invention of Paper, and Mathematics in China.

Numismatics
Ancient coins to look at, collect, purchase, and information about the minting of the historic coins.

China

China
Chinese History, Chinese Culture, Mythology, Cross Cultural Timeline, Hanwei, History of China, Riddle of the Desert Mummies, Story of the Hakkas, Yellow River Culture, Early Iron in China, Korea, and Japan, and Shang.

China: Art/Literature
Images of a painted pottery bowl that may be 10,000 years old, a gilt bronze lamp, a vessel from the Shang dynasty and links to other art sites of China.

China: Dynasties
Ancient Chinese Dynasties: Chou, Qin, Zhou, Han, and Shang.

Maps, Myths, Timelines

Events in Asian history
Chronology of events in Asian history, rulers of Ancient Korea, dates of rulers in nine kingdoms, and timetable of Korea.

2100 - 1600Xia
1600 - 1066 Shang
1066 - 256Zhou
221 - 206Qin
206 - 220 A.D.Han
Asia
Index page to pages of links on maps, myths, and timelines.

Far East Timelines
Timelines of events and rulers in Japan, China, and Korea.

Far East Myth
Chinese and Japanese creation stories, myths, and information on deities.

Japanese Gods and Goddesses
Amateras, Hoderi, Hotei, Hoori, Izanami, Kagutsuchi, Ohyamatsumi, Susanoh, Toyo-Uke-Bime, and Uzume.

China: Dynasties
Chou Dynasty, Qin Empire, Han, Shang, and Zhou Dynasty.

Events in Asian history
Chronology of Events, Rulers of Ancient Korea, and Timetable of Old Korea.

China
Maps of China

Japan
Maps of Japan

Art/Archaeology

China: Art/Literature
Festivals, artwork, legends, and literature.


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