According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou ...

In China the Shang Dynasty, which had been in power for over 500 years, was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of ...

the vessel dated back to the the late Shang Dynasty—a period of Chinese history which spanned from roughly 1600 to 1046 B.C., when the rebelling state of Zhou conquered the dynasty at the Battle ...

"It might have certain connections with such musical instruments as the zhong and duo of the Shang and Zhou dynasties." It is l1.7 centimeters in height, 9.4 centimeters in horizontal rim diameter ...

"Pre-Zhou" refers to the period when the Zhou still paid allegiance to the Shang Dynasty and prospered in present-day Shaanxi, before taking up arms against the Shang ruler and replaced it.

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of Chinese ceramics, "Together with the classical and modern paintings and ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's engaging "Recasting the Past" exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the 12th century.

In China the Shang Dynasty, which had been in power for over 500 years, was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of ...

21st century-16th century BC), Shang and Zhou (c. 11th century-256 BC) dynasties, dubbed "the Three Dynasties", marked the crucial period in the early stages in nation formation. "It has always ...