History of Asian nations / by Gregorio F. Zaide

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manila : National Book Store, 1980Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: 380 pages : color mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
DDC classification:
  • 950
Contents:
Prologue to Asian history
Chin, red dragon of the East
Taiwan : island-bastion of nationalist China
Two Koreas : "land of the broken clam"
japan, industrial power of Asia
The Philippines, first Malayan Republic
Indonesia, world's largest Islamic Republic
Malaysia, a Malayan federation
Singapore, an island-city Republic
Thailand, "land of the free"
Burma, "land of golden pagodas"
Vietnam, "where wars never end"
Cambodia, now Kampuchea
Laos, "kingdom of the million elephants"
India. "world's largest democracy"
Pakistan, "land of the pure"
Bangladesh, bengali nation
Sri Lanka, "the resplendent land"
Mini-states of South Asia
Afghanistan. "crossroads for conquerors"
Mongolia. land of Genghis Khan
Soviet Asia, colossus of the East
Iran, "homeland of the aryans"
Iraq, formerly Mesopotamia
Syria, Islamic Republic in the holy land
Lebanon, half-Christian, half-Muslim Republic
Turkey, Republic on two continents
Jordan, Arab desert kingdom
Israel, the Jewish Republic
Egypt, "gift of the Nile"
Saudi Arabia, cradle of Islam
Kuwait, "world's richest country"
Arab Emirate of Bahrain
The Emirate of Qatar
The United Arab Emirates
The sultanate of Oman
Yemen : land of the queen of sheba
Southern Yemen, a marxist Arab nation
Asia in global affairs
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Book Book Main Library Filipiniana Section Filipiniana F 950 Z21h 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 18514d

Includes bibliograpical references (pages 371-373) and index.

Prologue to Asian history

Chin, red dragon of the East

Taiwan : island-bastion of nationalist China

Two Koreas : "land of the broken clam"

japan, industrial power of Asia

The Philippines, first Malayan Republic

Indonesia, world's largest Islamic Republic

Malaysia, a Malayan federation

Singapore, an island-city Republic

Thailand, "land of the free"

Burma, "land of golden pagodas"

Vietnam, "where wars never end"

Cambodia, now Kampuchea

Laos, "kingdom of the million elephants"

India. "world's largest democracy"

Pakistan, "land of the pure"

Bangladesh, bengali nation

Sri Lanka, "the resplendent land"

Mini-states of South Asia

Afghanistan. "crossroads for conquerors"

Mongolia. land of Genghis Khan

Soviet Asia, colossus of the East

Iran, "homeland of the aryans"

Iraq, formerly Mesopotamia

Syria, Islamic Republic in the holy land

Lebanon, half-Christian, half-Muslim Republic

Turkey, Republic on two continents

Jordan, Arab desert kingdom

Israel, the Jewish Republic

Egypt, "gift of the Nile"

Saudi Arabia, cradle of Islam

Kuwait, "world's richest country"

Arab Emirate of Bahrain

The Emirate of Qatar

The United Arab Emirates

The sultanate of Oman

Yemen : land of the queen of sheba

Southern Yemen, a marxist Arab nation

Asia in global affairs

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