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A wood and lacquer guardian figure from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, China. c. 4th century BCE. Height: 76.2 cm. (British Museum, London)

An illustration of the typical chariot used in ancient China.

The Tea Ceremony is an elaborate ritual of respect in which people take tea together. The person who prepares the tea honors her guests through her preparations and presentation, and the guests pay her respect by participating...

Cells used in the civil service examinations of imperial China. Students stayed three days in them taking the exam. South River School (Nanjiangxue), Nanjing, China.

An examination hall in Suzhou where candidates sat for the civil service examinations which were conducted throughout the history of imperial China. Painted scroll by Xiu Yang, 18th century CE. (Liaoning Provincial...

A bodhisattva with diadem from Tumshuq, Toqquz-sarai, Small Temple D (Xinjiang), China. 6th-7th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

Ancient China produced what has become the oldest extant culture in the world, and this video is just an introduction to the different dynasties and rulers of Ancient China all the way up until the Song...

The mythology of any civilization reflects its core values, greatest fears, and highest hopes and so it is with the mythology of ancient Persia. The great heroes like Karsasp, Thraetaona, and Rustum express...

The term mythology comes from the Greek words mythos (“story of the people”) and logos (“word”) and so is defined as the spoken (later written) story of a culture. Modern scholars have divided myths...

The Portuguese Empire was established from the 15th century and eventually stretched from the Americas to Japan. Very often a string of coastal trading centres with defensive fortifications, there were larger territorial colonies...