She rose from a teenage concubine to become the only woman to rule China under her own name. But was Wu Zetian a visionary leader or a ruthless tyrant?

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Wu Zetian is a Chinese television series based on the life story of Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of Empress Regnant and became the de facto ruler of China in ...

Here, series presenter Rana Mitter tells the story of Wu Zetian, the female Emperor. Only one woman has ever sat on China’s throne as Emperor in her own right. That woman was Wu Zetian (624-705 ...

Qianling, the tomb of the third Tang emperor, Li Zhi, and Empress Wu Zetian, is located on Liangshan Mountain, 6 kilometers north of Qianxian County seat and 80 kilometers from Xi'an. Here also ...

In Wu Zetian (H10-1), Hirst employs one of his signature motifs: butterflies. The present work comes from Hirst's Empresses series, each design dedicated to one of history's great female rulers. The ...

Wu Zetian was ruthless in her pursuit of power - she would have given Cersei Lannister a run for her money. Emperor Wu is the only woman to have ruled China in her own right. She ruled as empress ...

To spice things up, Empress Wu Zetian of China (the only woman to hold the title of an emperor) had to establish an actual institute known as Kong He Jian to manage her large number of lovers.