The traditional Chinese historiographical tradition, as related in Sima Qian’s Shiji or Records of the Grand Historian, begins with the Yellow Emperor, the first of the legendary Five Emperors.

In these tombs were found bronze oxen, stone horses and other sacrificial objects. The Western Xia was a dynasty which had close relations with the Han regime. At first it acknowledged allegiance ...

Xie’s descendants founded the dynasty. The first Shang king was Cheng Tang who defeated the Xia dynasty in the Battle of Mingtiao. The last Shang king was Di Xin, defeated in a great battle by ...

ZHENGZHOU, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Ancient city walls unearthed in central China's Henan Province have been identified as dating back to the early Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 B.C.), offering new evidence ...

Xie’s descendants founded the dynasty. The first Shang king was Cheng Tang who defeated the Xia dynasty in the Battle of Mingtiao. The last Shang king was Di Xin, defeated in a great battle by ...