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Facts on the Iraq War | A Quick Guide to the Second Gulf War Created: Monday, April 29, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Quick guide to the Iraq War or the Second Gulf War, in which a US-led coalition overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.
What Was the Taiping Rebellion? Created: Monday, April 29, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Learn more about the Taiping Rebellion, an uprising and civil war in southern China during the later Qing Period (mid-1800s).
What Was French Indochina? Created: Monday, July 07, 2008 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Glossary definition of the term French Indochina from your About.com Guide to Asian History.
Vietnam - Facts and History Created: Friday, May 27, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Facts about and history of Vietnam, Southeast Asia, from your About.com Guide to Asian History.
Why Did the US Enter the Vietnam War? Created: Friday, August 22, 2008 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Why did the US enter the Vietnam War? Learn the answer to this Asian History FAQ.
Timeline of Vietnam: 1945-1946 Created: Thursday, May 29, 2008 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Timeline of Vietnam's history in 1945 and 1946; the chaotic period leading up to the First Indochina War, between former colonial power France and Ho Chi Minh's Vietnamese nationalist forces.
Timeline of the Vietnam War: 1930-1945 Created: Thursday, May 29, 2008 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
In the early 20th century, France's colonial holdings in Indochina (Southeast Asia) were becoming restive. When Japan occupied the region that is now Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during the Second ...
Timeline of the Vietnam War Created: Thursday, May 29, 2008 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Timeline of the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War). After World War II, France assumed that it would retake control of its colonial holdings in Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asian people had diff...
The Showa Era in Japan Created: Monday, April 29, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
Learn more about the Showa Era in Japanese history, which corresponds with the lengthy reign of Emperor Hirohito (1926 - 1989).
What Was the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979? Created: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
What was the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979? Learn about what happened when student demonstrators took over the US Embassy in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution.
Saparmurat Niyazov Biography Created: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Biography of Saparmurat Niyazov, also known as Turkmenbashi, the first president of the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan, Central Asia
The Delhi Sultanates Created: Monday, April 22, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Delhi Sultanates were a series of Indo-Muslim dynasties that ruled South Asia from 1206 to 1526, when the area was conquered by the Mughals.
Biography of Mahmud of Ghazni Created: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Biography of Mahmud of Ghazni, the Muslim ruler who between 997 and 1030 CE conquered much of what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and eastern Iran from his base in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
AP World History Study Guide: Asian History Topics Created: Monday, September 13, 2010 Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
AP World History study guide. Learn about all of the Asian history topics that appear on the AP World History test.
Who Are the Pashtun? Created: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Glossary definition of the word Pashtun from your About.com Guide to Asian History.
The First Battle of Panipat Created: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
India's pivotal First Battle of Panipat pitted the cavalry of Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, against the war elephants of Ibrahim Lodi of the Delhi Sultanate.
Babur, Founder of the Mughal Empire Created: Monday, October 08, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 06, 2013
Babur founded one of India's great empires - the Mughal Empire. Learn more about this pivotal figure in the history of India here.
Why Is Korea Split into North and South Korea? Created: Saturday, April 06, 2013 Updated: Saturday, April 06, 2013
How did the Korean Peninsula end up split into North and South Korea? Learn about the almost accidental creation of the divided Koreas here.
Who Were the Comfort Women? Created: Friday, April 05, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 05, 2013
Who were the comfort women? Learn more about the history of sex slavery during World War II in Asia.
Who Were the Thugs of India? Created: Sunday, August 14, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Glossary definition of the term Thug from your About.com Guide to Asian History.
Why Is Japan's Yasukuni Shrine Controversial? Created: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Learn more about Japan's controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which is dedicated to those who died on behalf of the Empire of Japan between the Meiji Restoration and World War II.
Facts on the Russo-Japanese War Created: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Quick summary of the pivotal Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.
Comparing Nationalism in China and Japan Created: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
How did rising nationalism in China and Japan compare in the important period between 1750 and 1914?
What Was the Meiji Restoration? Created: Saturday, October 22, 2011 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
The Meiji Restoration in Japan signaled the end of the shogunate system and the beginning of modern Japan.
Timeline of the Boxer Rebellion Created: Monday, September 05, 2011 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Timeline of the Boxer Rebellion in China at the turn of the 20th century. Chinese Boxers took up arms against foreigners, Chinese Christian converts, and other symbols of foreign oppression in Qin...
Biography of Queen Min of Korea Created: Monday, July 23, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Biography of the Joseon Korean Queen Min, also known as the Empress Myeongseong, who was assassinated by the Japanese in 1895.
The Tokugawa Shoguns, Edo Japan, 1603 - 1868 Created: Sunday, April 29, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
For more than 250 years, the Tokugawa shoguns ruled Japan as the heads of the bakufu, or military government, based at Edo (Tokyo). They relied on samurai warriors and their daimyo lords to keep J...
The Boxer Rebellion in Editorial Cartoons Created: Monday, September 05, 2011 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
A Puck Magazine Editorial Cartoon about the Boxer Rebellion in China. Emperor Guangxu refuses to confront the Boxer dragon, so the foreign powers threaten to do it for him.
First Sino-Japanese War, 1894-95 Created: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Outline of the First Sino-Japanese War, 1894-95, which Japan and China fought over Korea.
The Bengal Famine of 1943 Created: Friday, March 22, 2013 Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013
Learn more about the devastating Bengal Famine of 1943, which struck British India during the Second World War.
Trieu Thi Trinh, Vietnam's Warrior Lady Created: Friday, March 22, 2013 Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013
In the third century CE, a young rebel leader called Trieu Thi Trinh led her people in rebellion against Chinese rule. As a result, she is known as the "Vietnamese Joan of Arc."
Iraq War Timeline Created: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013
Timeline of the Iraq War, in which a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein based on mistaken assumptions about links to al-Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks, as well as wea...