The analysis of the remains of Emperor Wu from the Northern Zhou dynasty also offers an alternative theory to an ancient suspicion he was killed by poison The dynasty was founded by the Xianbei ...

was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of Sudan who conquered Egypt at roughly the same time, the Zhou were a ...

The times produce their heroes. In A.D. 960, Zhao Kuangyin, commander of the Later Zhou's imperial army, suddenly launched a mutiny at Chenqiao near Kaifeng. His troops stormed into the city of ...

Archaeologists also found two Zhou dynasty dwellings beneath a section ... The Great Wall spans more than 12,000 miles across northern China. Construction of the massive defensive structure ...

The Liulihe relic site in Beijing is believed to be the early capital of the ancient Yan state, which was one of the major states in northern China from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Warring ...