In the Tang Dynasty it was common practice to erect inscribed ... excavated and these tombstones and epitaphs have disclosed a great deal of important historical data, with great continuing ...

Atop the east and west walls, layers of granite blocks overlaid with great ... Tang had declined by the time Li Jing died, and he had declared himself a vassal of the Later Zhou Dynasty, his ...

One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from ... trading on a large scale over great distances, "this is the first Arab dhow discovered in Southeast Asian waters," says John Guy, senior ...

The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE ... and Taizong once remarked that Li Shiji was more effective than the Great Wall in protecting the empire from the Turks. In 643, Li Shiji became a chief minister ...

The legend says that Xie helped Yu the Great control the great flood and was given a place called Shang in return. Xie’s descendants founded the dynasty. The first Shang king was Cheng Tang who ...

Wu Daozi, the popular court painter of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), sensed great desperation in fear that he would not finish ...

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful family of kings. This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this ...