In this Kings and Generals animated documentary, we explore the extraordinary life of Puyi, the last emperor of China. From his brief reign under the Qing dynasty and the 1911 Revolution to his role ...

The Persian empire, once home to powerful civilizations – Elamites, Kassites, Mannaeans, Gutians – Iran is considered one of ...

The poem reminded the emperor of the remarkable journey of his ancestors, one that he intended to honor by fulfilling the role of a diligent and benevolent ruler." In fact, the concept of the right to ...

This highlights the Zhou's "reverence for heaven and protection of the people" as a more humane philosophy, suggesting that the fall of the Shang Dynasty was an inevitable historical outcome.

There, the two girls meet the young emperor of the Qi dynasty Qin Shang (Gao Tai Yu) and are chased by his soldiers. In a rush to save her life, Luo Xi takes Qin Shang back to the real world.

This discovery is highly unusual for such a location. These findings offer crucial evidence that the Zhouyuan site may have been the capital of the Zhou Dynasty before the fall of the Shang Dynasty.

He was born in 1470, the third son of Emperor Chenghua, the eighth of the Ming Dynasty, and his mother, surnamed Ji (known as Lady Ji), who was held in the palace as a prisoner from the Guangxi ...

He believes the Kingdom of Shu’s religious rulers may have supported the Shang Dynasty, while the secular rulers may have sided with the Zhou. “This could have been a major division,” Sun says.

Chinese characters have more than 3,000 years of history and have influenced writing in Korea and Vietnam.

Chinese scientists have reconstructed the face of 6th Century monarch Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains - and it's not what you might expect ...