Through the analysis of human skeletal remains and mortuary practice in Yinxu, this study investigates the impact of early urbanization on the commoners during the Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1250-1046 B.C.). A total of 347 individuals examined in this study represent non-elites who were recovered from two different burial contexts (formally buried in lineage cemeteries and randomly scattered in re...

the geographical scope of a dynasty and the selection of a capital as the center of its power can be considered as the essential factors in the establishment of a regime and its continuity; this matter seems to be neglected in the political structure of khwarazmshahi dynasty (598-628/1202-1231). the khwarazmshahi which were supposed to change into one of the greatest medieval dynasties led the ...

Legend of the Demon Cat is a pinnacle ancient oriental magic film by Chen Kaige, presenting audiences with magnificent scene Tang Dynasty and legendary story Yang Yuhuan. As full fantasy, suspense romanticism, it has been analyzed most scholars from aspects narrative features, image aesthetics historical cultural elements. However, little researched perspective male other about fate Yuhuan, cha...

From the beginning of Shang Dynasty to end Qing development Chinese classical landscape gardens went through five periods: formation period Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties, transition Wei, Jin, Southern Northern heyday Tang Dynasty, maturity Song, Yuan, Ming middle Dynasty. Five thousand years glorious culture makes different from Western Islamic gardens. The unique garden system style give ...

tiles and tilework has developed in islamic civilization based on pre-islamic iranian art and then spread out from spain to central asia. herein, iran has played an individual role among different islamic countries and remnants of various tileworks across this wide territory are clear evidences to this claim. among different species of tiles and tile decorations, we face with specific types of ...

in safavid era, ottoman rulers were interested in science and culture, and there were always iranian physicians, astronomers, scholars, artists and poets in their courts. although there were always wars between most ottoman sultans and the safavid kings, they could not prevent iranian culture from influencing that land. at the same time, artists and scholars went to other countries, including t...