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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 exhibition’s artifacts belong to two Zhou Dynasty kingdoms that were “lost” to the Qin: southern China’s Zeng and Chu cultures, which flourished from about 1040 to 400 B.C.E. and 1030 ...

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 ...