Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...

Few weapons in the annals of military history have left as indelible a mark as the trebuchet. ... The trebuchet's story — or at least that of the traction trebuchet – begins in ancient China.

With that in mind, today, we’re looking at ancient weapons well ahead of the curve. Siege Towers ©"Middle Ages - Assault from the Siege Tower" by History Maps is licensed under PDM 1.0.

By studying the ratio of metals in coins from ancient China's Bronze Age, ... During this era, which spanned 1050 to 771 B.C.E, bronze was used to craft weapons like swords and axes.

Zhou Wei, born in 1991 in Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province, developed a strong interest in ancient Chinese weapons and armor culture in 2015 while studying archery.

In fact, it is China’s narrative that looks dodgy, say experts. The country’s ancient dynasties had an on-and-off military foothold in what is now Xinjiang, says James Millward of Georgetown ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.