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A detail of a burnished earthenware figurine of a Mongol. Yuan Dynasty, 14th century CE. H. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm); W. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); D. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm). (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A bronze coin of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 1097-1105. The legend reads: Haedong tongbo meaning 'Coin of the Land East of the Sea' (Korea). The British Musem, London.

A bronze coin of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty. The legend reads: Tongguk tongbo, meaning 'Coin of the Eastern Kingdom' (Korea). 1097-1105 CE. (British Musem, London)

A unglazed ceramic horse from the Tang Dynasty. China, 8th century CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

Bronze arrowheads from Shang dynasty China. 1200-1050 BCE. (British Museum, London)

A celadon pillow in the form of two lions. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea)

Artist's impression of a palace scene in Zhou Dynasty China. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

Until about the 2nd century BCE, Chinese tombs featured chambers made of heavy wooden logs. Thereafter, tombs were made of stone and brick. This stone-made example from the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) makes clear that the tombs of the wealthy...

Map featuring the approximate boundaries of the Zagwe Dynasty and its most prominent neighbours around the beginning of the 13th century.

A celadon gourd-shaped ewer deocrated with lotus petals. 13th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea)