I n 1996, a team of archaeologists discovered the tomb of Emperor Wu—the sixth-century ruler who reigned over the Northern Zhou dynasty for two decades during the country’s dark ages—in ...

An impious and incompetent ruler would displease the gods ... But nonetheless, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for as long as the Roman Empire, and indeed longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history.

Some relics of the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC) that were excavated from the Zhouyuan Site: an oracle bone ...

An impious and incompetent ruler would displease the gods ... But nonetheless, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for as long as the Roman Empire, and indeed longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history.

An impious and incompetent ruler would displease the gods ... But nonetheless, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for as long as the Roman Empire, and indeed longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history.