Ancient China & Japan

Kung Fu Tzu, or Confucius (551 – 479), lived during Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. He established a rigorously ethical philosophy that...

When the Zhou dynasty usurped the throne from the Shang dynasty, China itself was split into several states. The Shang, in fact, only had...

Ancient China had always been a collection of more or less independent states in the north of China. The Shang and the Zhou dynasty's...

The Yayoi period is associated with Bronze and Iron Age age in the history of  Ancient Japan. Yayoi period traditionally dated from 300 BC to...