Getting Started

1. Getting Started
Introduction to Eastern and Western Art

2. Dating System
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CE – Common Era
BCE – Before Common Era
BC – Before Christ
AD - “Anno Domini” Latin (In the Year of the Lord)

3. Timelines
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Art Museum
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/chronology/#?time=all&geo=all
Timelines of World Art
http://www.oxfordartonline.com/public/page/timelines
Western Culture Timeline
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art-timeline.htm

4. Eastern Timelines
Burma / Myanmar Timeline
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/burma/mmtimeln.htm
China Timeline
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/china_timeline.htm
India / South Asia Timeline
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/southasia_timeline.htm
Japan Timeline
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/japan_timeline.htm
Khmer / Cambodia Timeline
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/604
Korea Timeline
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/korea_timeline.htm
Siam / Thailand Timeline
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/thailand/thtimeln.htm
Vietnam Timeline
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/vietnam_timeline.htm

5. Maps

6. Vox.com
The Roman Empire in 117 CE (AD)

7. Ottoman Empire

8. The Silk Route (Land and Sea)

9. The Japanese Empire
(Japan along with Former and Present Japanese Territories)

10. The British Empire
(Britain along with Former and Present British Colonies)

11. The French Empire
(France along with Former and Present French Colonies)

12. The Spanish Empire
16th
Century

13. The Dutch Empire
(Holland along with Former and Present Dutch Colonies)

14. The Portuguese Empire
(Portugal along with Former and Present Portuguese Colonies)