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Title: The History Atlas of Asia (Macmillan Continental History Atlases) by Ian Barnes, Bhikhu Parekh, Robert Hudson ISBN: 0-02-862581-1 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company. Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: rather general, not a geographic timeline
Comment: This book is not so much an atlas is it is a book of maps with historical context given in the text. The geographic scope is from Asia Minor to Japan, from the Indian subcontinent to Russia.

The vast terrain it attempts to covers makes the book, by necessity, somewhat generalist. So, rather than providing a good series of maps that might show the ebb and flow of states, it presents snapshots of major polities at their height.

I guess I had expected more concentration on East Asia. And I had hoped for things like a series of maps showing the flux in borders during the Warring States period in China, a set of maps showing the interaction among Thai, Khmer, Viet and Cham cultures in SE Asia etc.

Conclusion: it is somewhat generalist in nature, and does not provide the combination of timeline and map that i was hoping for. But for snapshots of major states with a breif historical context, it is a serviceable book.

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