Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Thanks to International Museum Day, two major exhibitions spotlighting ancient Chinese and Syrian civilizations are opening this month in Beijing, Ganzhou and Huzhou. Featuring hundreds of rare relics ...

China already had a long history by the time ... According to Han historian Sima Qian, they also built “border defenses along the [Yellow] river, constructing 44 walled district cities ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities ... to protect the empire's northern border from enemies such as the Mongols. Later Chinese rulers continued work on the Great Wall, and ...