International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and OceaniaTrudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda Taylor & Francis, 1994 - 955 Seiten From the Taj Mahal to the Parthenon, from Gettysburg to Heidelberg, from Beacon Hill to Tower Hill, from the Great Wall to Hadrian's Wall, from Jerusalem to Kyoto, the International Dictionary of Historic Places presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include: location, description, and site office details; and a 3,000 to 4,000 word essay that provides a full history of the site and the condition of the site today. An annotated Further Reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry. |
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Afghanistan Akbar ancient architecture army Asia Ayutthaya Ban Chiang Banten battle became began Bengal Bengkulu British Brunei Buddha Buddhist buildings built Bukhara capital carved caves central century A.D. Chiang China Chinese city's colonial construction culture Delhi Dunhuang Dutch Dynasty early East emperor Empire established European feet forces French Further Reading Guangzhou Han Dynasty Hangzhou Harappan Herāt Hindu imperial important India Islamic island Jain Japan Japanese Kabul Kaifeng Kanchipuram Khan king kingdom known Kyōto Kyūshū land later Location London Luoyang major Melaka miles military Mongol mosque Mughal Mughal Empire Muslim Myanmar northern Office Paekche Pakistan palace Pallava period Philippines Photo courtesy political population port Portuguese province region reign religious remained River rule rulers sculpture settlement Shah shrine Singh Siva Southeast Sri Lanka sultan temple territory tion Tokugawa tomb Tourist town trade troops Vietnam walls western York