Wu Zetian (17 February 624 – 16 December 705), also known as Wu Zhao or Wu Hou, and during the later Tang dynasty as Tian Hou, was the de facto ruler of China from 665 to 705, ruling first through others and then (from 690) in her own right. From 665 to 690, she was first empress consort of the Tang dynasty (as wife of the Emperor Gaozong) and then, after his death, …

Map of Zhou Dynasty: This map shows the location of the ancient Zhou Dynasty. The Mandate of Heaven. Under the Zhou Dynasty, China moved away from worship of Shangdi (“Celestial Lord”) in favor of worship of Tian (“heaven”), and they created the Mandate of Heaven. According to this idea, there could be only one legitimate ruler of China ...

Before the establishment of the Qin dynasty, China was ruled by a network of kings, nobles, and tribes.There was no unified system of administrative divisions. According to ancient texts, China in the Xia and Zhou dynasties consisted of nine zhou, but various texts differ as to the names and even functions of these zhous.. During the Zhou dynasty, the nation was nominally controlled …

The Qin dynasty (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ n / CHIN; Chinese: 秦朝; pinyin: Qín cháo), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization (Wade–Giles: Ch'in ch'ao), was the first dynasty of Imperial China.Named for its heartland in Qin state (modern Gansu and Shaanxi), the Qin dynasty arose as a fief of the Western Zhou and endured for over five centuries until 221 BCE when it …

The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu; Old Chinese (): *tiw) was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty.Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history.The military control of China by the royal house, surnamed Ji, lasted initially from 1046 until 771 BC for a period known as the Western Zhou, and the political …

Zhou Enlai was born in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, on 5 March 1898, the first son of his branch of the Zhou family. The Zhou family was originally from Shaoxing in Zhejiang province. During the late Qing dynasty, Shaoxing was famous as the home of families such as Zhou's, whose members worked as government "clerks" (師爷, shiye) generation after generation.

Wenzhou (pronounced [wə́n.ʈʂóʊ] (); Wenzhounese: Yuziou [ʔy 33–11 tɕiɤu 33–32], simplified Chinese: 温州; traditional Chinese: 溫州; pinyin: Wēnzhōu), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China.Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east of Zhejiang Province with its borders …

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Chinese mythology (simplified Chinese: 中国神话; traditional Chinese: 中國神話; pinyin: Zhōngguó shénhuà) is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China.Chinese mythology includes many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions. Much of the mythology involves exciting stories full …

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