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People by former country in Asia (130 C, 2 P) Religion in Asia by former country (10 C) Sport in Asia by former country (5 C). Former monarchies of Asia (47 C, 115 P)
South Asia in World History (Oxford UP, 2017) Goldin, Peter B. Central Asia in World History (Oxford UP, 2011) Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century (2010). Huffman, James L. Japan in World History (Oxford, 2010) Jansen, Marius B. Japan and China: From War to Peace, 1894-1972 (1975)
The oldest documented use of the title Tennō (“Heavenly Emperor”, 天皇) is dated back to the reign of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō in the 7th century) Nara era (710–794): A fixed capital city was established to the Empire of Japan, in Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara ).
A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature.
An unambiguous measure is the date of national constitutions; but as constitutions are an almost entirely modern concept, all formation dates by that criterion are modern or early modern (the oldest extant constitution being that of San Marino, dating to 1600). Countries by Date of National Constitution
Ancient history in Asia is usually taken to include Southwest Asia. The Ancient Near East; History of Iran, from Elam to the Persian Empire; South Asia. Ancient India, from the Indus Valley civilization to Iron Age India; Middle kingdoms of India, from the Maurya Empire to the Gupta Empire; For southern India, History of South India#Ancient period
British colonies in South Asia, East Asia, And Southeast Asia: British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937) British Ceylon (1833-1948, now Sri Lanka) British Hong Kong (1842–1997) Colonial India (includes the territory of present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) Danish India (1696–1869) Swedish ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...