Horses in ancient and Imperial China were an important element in Chinese society on cultural, military, and agricultural levels. Horses were introduced...

significance. Horses in ancient and Imperial China Flying Horse of Gansu Horse in Chinese zodiac Horses in Chinese mythology Longma (dragon-horse) Chinese Mongolian...

Women in ancient and imperial China were restricted from participating in various realms of social life, through social stipulations that they remain...

history of China before 1912 Naval history of China Population history of China Timeline of Chinese history Women in ancient and imperial China In his lifetime...

Culture of Ancient China and Its Imperial Legacy, (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2012). D. B. O'Connor & D. P. Silverman, Ancient Egyptian Kingship...

heavy armor in order to crush a line of infantry, though light cavalry was used for reconnaissance. However, Chinese armies lacked horses and their cavalry...

metal than those which followed. Horse coins often depicted famous horses from Chinese history, while commemorative horse coins would also feature riders...

minority ethnic groups in China. Many factors have contributed to the fashion of ancient China: beliefs, religions, wars, and the emperor's personal liking...

The Tea Horse Road or Chamadao (simplified Chinese: 茶马道; traditional Chinese: 茶馬道), now generally referred to as the Ancient Tea Horse Road or Chamagudao...

Heavenly Horses of the West' in: China's Ancient Tea Horse Road. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN: B005DQV7Q2 Gilbey, Walter. (1900). Small Horses in Warfare...

beautiful horses in the world. Emperor Wu Ti was told about the Heavenly Horses to the West and sent an army to get some for China; thirteen Heavenly Horses were...

In 102 B.C., the Chinese gathered a massive army of over 60,000 men and 30,000 horses, for a campaign to acquire "Heavenly Horses". This army crushed...

developed over millennia in China and has influenced architecture throughout East Asia. Since its emergence during the early ancient era, the structural principles...

The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy...

The ancient Chinese chariot (traditional Chinese: 戰車; simplified Chinese: 战车; pinyin: zhànchē; lit. 'war vehicle') was used as an attack and pursuit vehicle...

bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns, to the sophisticated Chinese porcelain wares made for the imperial court and for...

harness and chariot designs made chariot warfare common throughout the Ancient Near East, and the earliest written training manual for war horses was a...

Chinese philosophy (simplified Chinese: 中国哲学; traditional Chinese: 中國哲學) refers to the philosophical traditions that originated and developed within the...

known by its Chinese name Youzhou, was a prefecture (zhou) in northern China during its imperial era. "You Province" was cited in some ancient sources as...

Dragon: Chinese Armies 1500 BC - AD 1840, Osprey Publishing Ltd Peers, Chris (2013), Battles of Ancient China, Pen & Sword Military Peers, C. J. Imperial Chinese...

The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China designed to select the best potential candidates to serve as administrative...

solid-colored horse (usually bay or black), most Lipizzans are gray. Like all gray horses, they have black skin, dark eyes, and as adult horses, a white hair...

unified China from 221 to 210 BC, as a grand imperial version of the figures long placed in tombs to enable the deceased to enjoy the same lifestyle in the...

British India and the Republic of China (ROC) played a crucial role in halting the progress of Imperial Japan. After India became independent in 1947, it established...

ancient times. As of 1982, Chinese Mongolian horses comprised about one-third of all horses in China. However, their numbers have declined sharply in...

traveling to China with the Imperial fleets. In the Philippine islands, trade with China is believed to have begun during the Tang dynasty, and expanded during...

gunpowder, and early printing (both woodblock and movable type). The list below contains these and other inventions in ancient and modern China attested...

civilization. In imperial China, yellow was the color of the emperor, and is held as the symbolic color of the five legendary emperors of ancient China, such as...

Imperial dynasties of China under the tributary system. It encompassed states in Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and...

thus limited, but efficient in its use of available resources. The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families...