History of Asian Nations
/ by Gregorio F. Zaide and Sonia M. Zaide
- 3rd edition
- 266 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction to asian history Physical environment Social environment Prologue to asian history East asia China, red dragon of the east Taiwan, island-baston of the nationalist china Korea, land of the broken calm Japan, industrial giant of asia Southeast asia The philippines, unique nation with four cultural heritages Indonesia, world's largest archipelago Malaysia, a malayan federation Singapore, an island-city republic Brunei, the youngest nation Thailand , land of the free Burma, land of the golden pagodas Vietnam, where wars never ends Cambodia, now kampuchea Laos, kingdom of the million elephant Southasia India, world's largest democracy Pakistan, halfway to the middle east Bangladesh, bengali nation Sri lanka, isle of sorrow Mini-states of south asia Nepal,only hindu kingdom Bhutan, land of the thunder dragons Maldives, smallest nation in south asia North asia Afghanistan, crossroads of conquerors Mongolia, land of genghis khan Soviet asia, colossus of the east Siberia, land of ice and tears Soviet central asia, a muslim tinderbox Middle east or western asia Iran, middle eastern catastrophe Iraq, formerly mesopotamia Syria, land of saladin Lebanon, Divided by a civil war Turkey, republic of the two continents Jordan, desert arab kingdom Israel, birthplace of christ and homeland of the jews Saudi arabia, cradle of islam Kuwait, world's richest people The oil-rich gulf states Oman, land of Frankincense and myrrh United arab emerates Qatar, World's largest gas reserves Bahrain, gulf archipelago The two yemens-land of sheba Asia in world affairs