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Both 1 and 2 samuel get their names from the prophet samuel whom god used in the transition from using judges to the establishment of the monarchy. A companion to asian american studies wiley online books. Stretching from the great wall to the taj mahal, the political, social, intellectual, and economic histories of this vast and varied region are complex. The entrenched interests of the regional nobility prevented the proper functioning of a government built upon ethical practice. Unlike the khmer people, who are native to southeast asia, the thai were emigrants from china. This section identifies primary ideas, figures, and events contained in the respective a history of asia chapter. Fiction nonfiction childrens books classics cooking historical fiction history humor. But now, with the new books, a generation of students may be learning about the painful past that their parents had hoped to lock away forever. Brills asian studies e books onlineis the electronic version of the book publication program of brill in the field of asian studies. At a watershed moment in the scholarly approach to the history of this important region, new terrains in southeast asian history captures the richness and diversity of historical discourse among southeast asian scholars.