Here was one of history's great turning points. Had the Chinese emperors continued their ... dates from the earlier Song period; this substantial double-masted ship probably sank sometime in ...

Besides the Qin dynasty's standardisations pertaining to Chinese writing and currency, equally significant was that of ...

Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t ...

Scientists from the University of Washington have discovered Quina tools in China dating back 50,000 years. The Paleolithic ...

It was about 100,000 years ago that China entered the clan commune period which lasted till 4,000 years ago. In the ancient literature there were many legends about the origin of acupuncture and ...

While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a ...

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful family of kings. This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this ...

Said to reside at the bottoms of pools and lakes, dragons symbolized majesty and power in ancient China. As one scholar wrote in the 11th century, “None of the animals is so wise as the dragon.” ...