Flowering dogwood trees are hallmarks of Southern landscaping. One of our favorites is the Empress of China dogwood. It is an ...

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Many of history's most renowned monarchs have amassed huge health, but one boasted an unparalleled £13 trillion fortune.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2, 1912 (UP) - The dowager empress and Pu Yi, the seven-year-old emperor of China, disguised, are fleeing toward Zhikhe on the Mongolian frontier, according to dispatches from ...

The story that touched my heart the most was the story of Wu Zetian, the only Empress of China. She ruled from 660 to 705 - in total 45 years! How incredible is that! [Photo provided to ...

Chinese Characters is a new series of essays ... she killed her own newborn child – and then framed the Empress for the murder. Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang dynasty Wu Zetian started at ...

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Wu accused the Empress Wang of strangling the child (whom ... reinforced by the sexism of the Confucian beliefs followed by official Chinese historians over the centuries.

Chinese and Mongolian languages. The large mound in the center of Baocheng is the grave of the Emperor and Empress which is called Baoding (Precious Dome) or Dulongfu (Single Dragon Mound).