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A Han dynasty iron sword and scabbard with wood and lacquer decoration, China, 2nd century BCE. (British Museum, London)

A lead-glazed ceramic Bactrian camel from the Tang Dynasty. China, 8th century CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

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

A pottery figurine depicting a mounted archer carrying a bow case. Tang Dynasty, 618-906 CE. (British Museum, London)

A maebyeong celadon vase with lotus decoration. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)

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...

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 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)