The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the Great ...

With the rare emblems of the "Yasheng" and "Ge" clans, the discoveries have also filled the gap of relics dating back to the period between the late Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC) and the Zhou ...

Later walls are mainly from the Warring States Period of 475 BCE 221 BCE, when the small states under the Zhou dynasty, locked in a power struggle for land and political control, consolidated into ...

After the fierce war that ended the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC), the Zhou king introduced enfeoffment system, under which land was given to the leaders of vassal states in ...