title: Ancient Asian history
text: # Ancient Asian history
  
  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
  * Southern kingdom of India, the Chola dynasty.
  
  ## East Asia
  
  * Iron Age China, from the Spring and Autumn period and the early imperial period under the Han dynasty
  * History of China, from the Han dynasty to the Tang dynasty
  * The Proto–Three Kingdoms of Korea and Three Kingdoms of Korea
  * The History of Japan from the Kofun period to the Heian period
  * The Thục dynasty to the Second Chinese domination in Vietnam
  