HAN DYNASTY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. DATE: Before 168 B.C. MATERIAL: Ink on silk. DIMENSIONS: 3 feet by 3 feet. FOUND: Hunan, China. In 168 B.C., a lacquer box containing three maps drawn on silk was placed ...
To understand why China is so big, you have to look at centuries of expansion driven by strong dynasties and strategic ...
Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...
In the 3rd century CE, China fractured into three rival states—Wei, Shu, and Wu—ushering in one of the most turbulent and ...