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 ...

Wu et al (Reports, 5 August 2016, p. 579) reported geological and archaeological evidence about an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood around 1920 BCE and claimed a support to the historicity of China's legendary Great Flood and Xia dynasty. We argue that the physical evidence is unreliable and their arguments are unconvincing.

Akhenaten was one of Egypt's most controversial pharaohs, in part because of his strange appearance in images produced after he had declared Aten, the Sun-disc, his one-and-only god. Whether these were symbolic representations or realistic ones that indicate a deforming genetic disorder is the subject of continuing debate. The authors present evidence that the bizarre physical features portraye...

This paper investigates the underlying factors that caused Qing Dynasty of China to survive Taiping Rebellion yet crumbled upon Revolution 1911. It first examines ideological differences between two attempts regime change, followed by an exploration into extent foreign interference in determining outcomes events. Subsequently, author analyzes conflict constitutionalists and absolute monarchists...