Charts the deep diverse history of the largest continent a history of asia is the only text to cover the area known as monsoon asia india china korea japan and southeast asia from the earliest times to the present written by leading scholar rhoads murphey the book uses an engaging lively tone to chronicle the complex political social intellectual and economic histories of . A history of asia is the only text to cover the area known as monsoon asia india china korea japan and southeast asia from the earliest times to the present written by leading scholar rhoads murphey the book uses an engaging lively tone to chronicle the complex political social intellectual and economic histories of this area. A history of asia 7th edition book description charts the deep diverse history of the largest continent a history of asia is the only text to cover the area known as monsoon asia india . We hope this manual will help instructors use a history of asia to its full potential by allowing them to shape its use around a course eg south asia one semester year east asia the next or all of ancient asia and then the modern era as needed each chapter of this instructoros manual is divided into four sections 1 outline of main ideas