Oscar,Sr Sarmiento·15h agoThe Silk CurtainChina’s emperors commanded armies and controlled great wealth. So why did they sometimes pay their northern rivals for peace?
Bill Kelly·1d agoREINVENTING CHINA: FROM THE CENTURY OF HUMILIATION TO THE NEW MIDDLE KINGDOMMy new book just became available in paperback and ebook. I wrote it for the general reader, someone who doesn’t know a great deal about…
Limmes·Oct 23CE 688: The Year the Xianbei Changed Korea and China Forever서기 688년, 동북아 최대의 역사적 사건: 선비족의 부상 및 고구려의 멸망이 동북아 종족 지형과 국가 체제에 미친 구조적 영향 및 중국의 이(李)씨, 마(馬)씨 성씨의 유래
J_the_siu_fish·Oct 22Chinese Mythology to History Lesson 91 — Heaven, Ancestors, and the Zhou CosmosHow Did 天 Become Greater Than a Dynasty?
J_the_siu_fish·Oct 22Chinese Mythology to History Lesson 90 — The Zhou Fengjian System (封建)Can You Build a Kingdom Out of Family Relationships?
J_the_siu_fish·Oct 21Chinese Mythology to History Lesson 89 — The Battle of Muye (牧野)How Did the Shang Dynasty Fall?
J_the_siu_fish·Oct 21Chinese Mythology to History Lesson 88 — The Rise of Zhou (周)How Did a Frontier People Become Strong Enough to Challenge Shang?
J_the_siu_fish·Oct 21Chinese Mythology to History Lesson 87 — The Many Chinas of the Bronze AgeIf Shang Wasn’t Alone, How Did a Shared Chinese Civilization Emerge?
J_the_siu_fish·Oct 21Chinese Mythology to History Lesson 86 — Jinsha (金沙) and the Sun BirdWhat Happened After Sanxingdui?