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_aZaide, Gregorio F. _eauthor |
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_aHistory of Asian nations _c/ by Gregorio F. Zaide |
| 250 | _aRevised and updated edition | ||
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_aManila : _bNational Book Store, _c1980 |
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_a380 pages : _bcolor maps |
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_2rdacontent _atext |
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_2rdamedia _aunmediated |
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_2rdacarrier _avolume |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliograpical references (pages 371-373) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aPrologue to Asian history | |
| 505 | 0 | _aChin, red dragon of the East | |
| 505 | 0 | _aTaiwan : island-bastion of nationalist China | |
| 505 | 0 | _aTwo Koreas : "land of the broken clam" | |
| 505 | 0 | _ajapan, industrial power of Asia | |
| 505 | 0 | _aThe Philippines, first Malayan Republic | |
| 505 | 0 | _aIndonesia, world's largest Islamic Republic | |
| 505 | 0 | _aMalaysia, a Malayan federation | |
| 505 | 0 | _aSingapore, an island-city Republic | |
| 505 | 0 | _aThailand, "land of the free" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aBurma, "land of golden pagodas" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aVietnam, "where wars never end" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aCambodia, now Kampuchea | |
| 505 | 0 | _aLaos, "kingdom of the million elephants" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aIndia. "world's largest democracy" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aPakistan, "land of the pure" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aBangladesh, bengali nation | |
| 505 | 0 | _aSri Lanka, "the resplendent land" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aMini-states of South Asia | |
| 505 | 0 | _aAfghanistan. "crossroads for conquerors" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aMongolia. land of Genghis Khan | |
| 505 | 0 | _aSoviet Asia, colossus of the East | |
| 505 | 0 | _aIran, "homeland of the aryans" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aIraq, formerly Mesopotamia | |
| 505 | 0 | _aSyria, Islamic Republic in the holy land | |
| 505 | 0 | _aLebanon, half-Christian, half-Muslim Republic | |
| 505 | 0 | _aTurkey, Republic on two continents | |
| 505 | 0 | _aJordan, Arab desert kingdom | |
| 505 | 0 | _aIsrael, the Jewish Republic | |
| 505 | 0 | _aEgypt, "gift of the Nile" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aSaudi Arabia, cradle of Islam | |
| 505 | 0 | _aKuwait, "world's richest country" | |
| 505 | 0 | _aArab Emirate of Bahrain | |
| 505 | 0 | _aThe Emirate of Qatar | |
| 505 | 0 | _aThe United Arab Emirates | |
| 505 | 0 | _aThe sultanate of Oman | |
| 505 | 0 | _aYemen : land of the queen of sheba | |
| 505 | 0 | _aSouthern Yemen, a marxist Arab nation | |
| 505 | 0 | _aAsia in global affairs | |
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_aAsian _xHistory |
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_aHistory, geography & travel _910989 |
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