In video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.; In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.; Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council, …

The Rise of Phoenixes (Chinese: 天盛长歌; pinyin: Tiānshèng Cháng Gē) is a 2018 Chinese television series that is loosely based on the novel Huang Quan (Chinese: 凰权) by Tianxia Guiyuan, taking place in the fictional kingdom of Tiansheng.It stars Chen Kun and Ni Ni.The series premiered on Hunan Television starting August 14, 2018, and then on Netflix starting on …

Ancient Chinese coinage includes some of the earliest known coins. These coins, used as early as the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE), took the form of imitations of the cowrie shells that were used in ceremonial exchanges. The same period also saw the introduction of the first metal coins; however, they were not initially round, instead being either knife shaped or spade …

Northern Liang and Helian Xia defeats Western Qin. 426–427: Battle of Tongwan: Northern Wei captures Helian Xia's capital city, Tongwan: 430; 450–452: Yuanjia Northern Expeditions: A series of three northern expeditions against Northern Wei by the Liu Song dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wen of Song. All three ended in Northern Wei ...

The following is a list of characters from the wuxia novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils by Jin Yong.There are over 230 characters in the novel, including those who are only mentioned by name. Some characters such as Duan Yu, Duan Zhengchun, Duan Zhengming, Gao Shengtai, Yelü Hongji and Wanyan Aguda are fictionalised personas of historical figures, while the rest …

Wei (/ w eɪ /), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (Chinese: 北魏; pinyin: Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei (Chinese: 拓跋魏; pinyin: Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei (Chinese: 元魏; pinyin: Yuán Wèi) and Later Wei (Chinese: 後魏; pinyin: Hòu Wèi), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei.The first of the Northern dynasties, it ruled northern China from 386 to 535 during the ...

425–427: Helian Chang's empress; Northern and Southern dynasties Liu Song. 422–424: Empress Sima Maoying; 424–440: Empress Yuan Qigui; 453: Empress Yin Yuying; 453–464: Empress Wang Xianyuan; 465: Empress Lu; 465–472: Empress Wang Zhenfeng; 472–477: Empress Jiang; 478–479: Empress Xie Fanjing; Southern Qi. 493–494: He Jingying

This list of Chinese monarchs includes rulers of China with various titles prior to the establishment of the Republic in 1912. From the Zhou dynasty until the Qin dynasty, rulers usually held the title "king" (Chinese: 王; pinyin: wáng).With the separation of China into different Warring States, this title had become so common that the unifier of China, the first Qin Emperor Qin …

This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its predecessor states.To read about the background to these events, see History of China.See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties in Chinese history and years in China.. Dates prior to 841 BC, the beginning of the …

The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴; pinyin: Xiōngnú, [ɕjʊ́ŋ.nǔ]) were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 BC, founded the Xiongnu Empire.. After their previous rivals, the Yuezhi, migrated west into …