Five dynasties, or families, ruled ancient China for more than 6,000 years. The last one of the ancient period, the Han dynasty, ruled around the same time as the ancient Roman Empire.Today ...

Li’s thesis is not new. He first attracted attention in academic circles in 2012, when his article, “The Zhou’s Destruction of the Shang and the Rebirth of China,” was published in the well-known ...

Emperor Wu was a ruler of the Northern Zhou dynasty in ancient China. Under his reign from AD 560 to AD 578, Emperor Wu built a strong military and unified the northern part of ancient China after ...

It also offers insights into the origin and migration patterns of a nomadic empire that once ruled parts of Northeast Asia. Emperor Wu ruled during the Northern Zhou dynasty from 560 to 578 AD. He is ...

Zhou’s expanding empire, known as China’s fourth power, besides the Party, the government and the military, encompassed the nation’s police, the state agency for prosecution and criminal ...

The Han dynasty of China (202BC–AD220) was one of the most developed civilizations of its time, alongside the Roman empire. Its development of cheaper and sharper iron plows enabled the ...

The Manchus' Ancient Capital. Mukden is the ancient capital of the present dynasty of China. It was there that in the year 1625 Nurhachu, the famous founder of that dynasty, established himself.

Jade and other ancient relics have recently been excavated from 45 Western Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-771BC) tombs in Baoji city, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, revealing details about the country ...

The majority of the objects come from Zeng and Chu, two mysterious vassal states of the Zhou dynasty in northwestern China. Little is known of their cultures and histories, which were erased when ...

He lived from 551 B.C. to 479 B.C., during the Zhou dynasty and a period of great strife in ancient China. Confucianism teaches people to achieve perfection through kindness, righteousness, social ...