Hstory of Asia

[Jennifer in CO]

My raising Freshman would like to study the history of Asia as her history credit for this coming year.

Has anyone done this?  I'm looking for a few good books.  She's a good student/reader so I don't have any limits on what I'll consider.  I did see a Foundations of Asia on the Teaching Company Plus website.  It doesn't look like it'd be a whole credit.  I will consider a semester's worth of credit as well.

Thanks in advance. 

Jennifer 

[madteaparty]

There’s also this

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/foundations-of-eastern-civilization.html

[historymatters]

Understanding Japan: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-japan-a-cultural-history.html

The Barbarian Empire:https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/history/the-barbarian-empires-of-the-steppes.html

Understanding Imperial China: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/history/understanding-imperial-china-dynasties-life-and-culture.html

A History of India: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/a-history-of-india.html

From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/from-yao-to-mao-5000-years-of-chinese-history.html

China's Long March by Jean Fritz. 

Mao by Albert Marrin

 

[Closeacademy]

We actually bought a college textbook for my daughter. Everything we were finding wasn't enough. East Asia: A Cultural, Social and Political History 

For Literature we started with Folk Tales. We had an anthology from China, one from Japan and one from Korea. This year she is going to read the great books:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (we're actually watching a Chinese drama right now about one of the stories)

The Water Margin

Dream of the Red Chamber

The Monkey King or Journey to the West (Who doesn't love him?)

Tale of the Genji

47 Ronin 

 

If you want to look over the lit and history list I made on Amazon click Here.