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