"The primary and most ancient religion in China consists of preparing ceremonial ... was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia.

In ancient China, tremors were seen as cosmic warnings of misrule. China was also more advanced than the rest of the world at ...

They may even date back further, to the late Western Zhou Dynasty, of between 1046 ... and fortified gates mentioned in ...

Rich families in Shang China would hold ... in contrast with the art of the ancient Middle East, where agriculture and people are more common. Bronze - Late Shang dynasty, about 1100 BC This ...

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of ...

"One of the most distinctive features of Chinese bronze craftsmanship is the use of piece-mold casting. Unlike Western ...

where signs provide Pinyin spellings alongside names written in China’s ancient script, to the name of the capital city. Following Zhou’s system, Peking became Beijing, the city of Nanking ...