Fifteenth-century China was a maritime powerhouse that explored new lands and opened trade routes. The multi-talented Zheng ...

When the Han Chinese overthrew the Mongols and founded the Ming dynasty in the later 14th century ... a climax following the rebellion of the warrior prince Zhu Di, who usurped the throne in ...

There are thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty ... In the Tang Dynasty, lions, horses, oxen, black birds and stone figures of civil officials and warriors were favored.

A recent study by Chinese researchers has found that the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, may have been triggered by the Wanli megadrought ...

More than 900 pieces of treasure - from copper coins to porcelain to pottery - have been recovered from two shipwrecks dating ...

In Chinese, China knows itself as Zhong Guoor ... Kublai Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan, ruled as an intellect and a warrior to create one of the greatest empires in history. China's Ming Dynasty ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century have sold ... “This remarkable result makes it the highest ...

By 1279, the high Point of Kublai Khan's rule, he had established himself as an intellectual as well as a warrior ... led the revolt and founded the Ming dynasty in 1368. Author: Jean Johnson. Why ...

Martial arts movies aren't usually known for their gripping stories, but a rare few of them can break the mold of the genre ...

the Qing dynasty defeated the previous Ming close ... as horse-riding warriors. Muslim Oasis cities of Xinjiang, north-west China and other cities Turkic languages, Chinese Muslim here includes ...

In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast ... He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk ...