This complete and in-depth chronology of the Asia and the Pacific region covers history from antiquity to the present. It does so with special emphasis on the key developments in human history that occurred in the region. This work features events in politics, government, law; war, religion, education, scholarship, philosophy; travel and exploration, economic life, arts and entertainment, literature and journalism, society and everyday life, and science, technology, and medicine. The volume also includes a convenient subject index.