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Details of "Chronology of SE Asian History by Duncan Stearn"Date Submitted:
10/14/06 (Edited 10/14/06)
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A Year by Year Step Through South-East Asian History
This pioneer study encompasses the key events that have shaped and are currently shaping the ten nations which make up south-east Asia, (namely Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).Some examples of the type of information to be found in this ground-breaking work:
Who was the longest reigning monarch of the 20th. century? See the year 1959.
After Warsaw which was the most destroyed city of the Second World War? See the year 1944.
In which country was cock-fighting governed by over 100 clauses? See the year 1861.
What Malaysian island became the main distribution centre for the opium trade? See the year 1786.
Which Philippines governor murdered his wife and her lover yet remained in office? See the year 1622.
What country resisted all attempts at conversion to Christianity? See the year 1556.
This pioneer study encompasses the key events that have shaped and are currently shaping the ten nations which make up south-east Asia, (namely Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).Some examples of the type of information to be found in this ground-breaking work:
Who was the longest reigning monarch of the 20th. century? See the year 1959.
After Warsaw which was the most destroyed city of the Second World War? See the year 1944.
In which country was cock-fighting governed by over 100 clauses? See the year 1861.
What Malaysian island became the main distribution centre for the opium trade? See the year 1786.
Which Philippines governor murdered his wife and her lover yet remained in office? See the year 1622.
What country resisted all attempts at conversion to Christianity? See the year 1556.
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