Tentara Terakota adalah patung-patung prajurit dan kuda yang ditemukan di sekitar Makam Kaisar Pertama China, Qin Shi Huang. Tentara Terakota pertama kali ditemukan pada 1974 oleh beberapa petani setempat di dekat Xi’an, Provinsi Shaanxi. Jumlah patung-patung itu diperkirakan lebih dari 8.000 prajurit, 130 kereta dengan 520 kuda dan 150 kuda kavaleri, yang sebagian besar masih terkubur di ban…
Jepang dengan segala pesonanya memang merupakan destinasi liburan impian yang semakin popular di kalangan umum. Kita bisa menikmati segala hal yang ada di Jepang, mulai dari keindahan alam, tempat dan bersejarah, budaya popular, tempat untuk berbelanja dan sebagainya. Untuk yang pertama kali ke Jepang, mungkin akan kesulitan untuk menentukan kota mana saja yang harus dikunjungi dan destinasi ap…
Buku ini berisi tentang seluk beluk computer security dan network securty, mulai dari teori hingga praktik. Beberapa materi inti yang dibahas dalam buku ini antara lain : Cisco security, windows security, linux security, android security, AWS cloud computing security, security audit ISO 27001 dan NIST 800-53, sebagai bahan latihan telah disertakan contoh contoh praktikum yang berkaitan dengan c…
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong. Piper has a secret. Her fath…
There are many different kinds of sub-national conflicts across Asia, with a variety of causes, but since September 11, 2001 these have been increasingly portrayed as part of the global terrorist threat, to be dealt with by the War on Terror. This major new study examines a wide range of such conflicts, showing how, despite their significant differences, they share the role of the media as inte…
Dalam sejarah politik kekaisaran, Kubilai Khan adalah sosok penguasa legendaris. Kewenangannya mencakup lebih dari separuh wilayah Asia dan seperlima luas area dunia. Dia mewarisi obsesi untuk menguasai dunia dari kakeknya, Jenghis Khan, sang penakluk dari Mongolia. Tetapi tidak seperti sang kakek, Kubilai Khan menjadikan China, bukan Mongolia, sebagai pusat untuk mengendalikan kekuasaan: bermo…
WOHA Architects have set about implementing what might possibly be described as t̀he architecture of the new Asia',where respect for place and tradition must be offset by the intimidating social realities of the 21st century, where architectonic aspirations must be tempered by the limitations of construction techniques, and where - above all - problems must be solved. WOHA's recent work has de…
Explores the management process in the course of setting and executing business strategies
The Heike Story is a modern translation of a Japanese classic. Kyoto in the twelfth century was a magnificent city, but crime, disorder, and lust were rampant. The people were abused by the nobility, while armed Buddhist monks terrorized court and commoner alike. In despair, the Emperor called upon the Heike and Genji clans to quell civil disturbances. Although the clans succeeded, they quarrel…
Pada tahun 1445 Masehi, atas permintaan Bhre Kêrtabumi, Syekh Ibrahim Al-Akbar berlayar dari Champa menuju Jawa, diiringi Sayyid Ali Murtadlo dan tiga belas santrinya. Mengingat pertumbuhan kaum muslim yang pesat di pesisir Jawa, syekh keturunan Samarqand itu didaulat untuk menjadi petinggi agama Islam di Keraton Majapahit. Tetapi jung Syekh Ibrahim diamuk badai hingga terdampar di pantai Ka…
Mengikuti hasrat pengembaraan, Pendekar Tanpa Nama dari Javadvipa tiba di Tanah Kambuja pada tahun 796. Perjumpaan dengan seorang perempuan pendekar, membuat ia terlibat berbagai pertarungan maut yang setiap kali nyaris mencabut nyawanya. Bersama perempuan pendekar itu, ia bergabung dengan pasukan pemberontak An Nam yang melawan penjajahan, yang kemudian membuatnya wajib melakukan perjalanan ra…
Hideyoshi, who called himself the Swordless Samurai, is the Japanese Horatio Alger. He was of peasant origin, but by bonding to powerful Lord Nobunaga, and being useful to him day and night, Hideyoshi secured a powerful patron. Much later, Hideyoshi became the most powerful man in Japan. This book tells how he did it.
This edited volume discusses mediatized religion in Asia, examining the intensity and variety of constructions and processes related to digital media and religion in Asia today. Individual chapters present case studies from various regions and religious traditions in Asia, critically discussing the data collected in light of current mediatization theories. By directing the study to the geograph…
The level of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows from ASEAN countries has increased rapidly in past two decades. This book examines OFDI trends and patterns in the ASEAN region including the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community. It also provides analyses of country policies affecting OFDI and the drivers of OFDI in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Myanmar is studied as a…
In the tempestuous closing decades of the sixteenth century, the Empire of Japan writhes in chaos as the shogunate crumbles and rival warlords battle for supremacy. Warrior monks in their armed citadels block the road to the capital; castles are destroyed, villages plundered, fields put to the torch. Amid this devastation, three men dream of uniting the nation. At one extreme is the charismatic…
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai—without really knowing what it meant—he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed and wounded among t…