China: A New History, by John King Fairbank.
Dont bother with Nehru, Tharoor or Dalrymple's books also Ram Guha's books. None of these were really trained historians or scholars per say. They might have written fat books but they arent scholarly and highly prejudiced. For example Ram Guha'.
Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul—offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves. Categories: History. Year: 2006. Language: english. Pages: 848.
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For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and as a battleground for European empires, while being shaped by monsoons and human migration. Integrating environmental history and mining a wealth of sources, Sunil S. Amrith offers insights to the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead.
The Post-Angkor Period. Stone epigraphy in temples, which had been the primary source for Khmer history, is already a rarity throughout the 13th century, ends in the third decade of the fourteenth, and does not resume until the mid-16th century. Recording of the Royal Chronology discontinues with King Jayavarman IX Parameshwara (or Jayavarma-Paramesvara), who reigned from 1327 to 1336.
A stepfather who slammed his 12-year-old's school for making her write a letter about 'converting to Islam' has been called a 'racist bigot' and is terrified of violent repercussions. Mark.
The Sage Returns: Confucian Revival in Contemporary China (SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) - Kindle edition by Hammond, Kenneth J., Richey, Jeffrey L. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Sage Returns: Confucian Revival in Contemporary China (SUNY series in Chinese.