TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zaide,Gregorio F.
TI  - History of Asian nations
U1  - 950 
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Manila
PB  - National Book Store
KW  - Asian
KW  - History
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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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