Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

Han China thereby entered a trading system known ... In 97 CE, Ban Chao sent his subordinate Gan Ying on a mission to Da Qin, the Chinese name for the Roman Empire, which only got as far as ...

The Han had extended Chinese power as far south as Vietnam, west to the steppes of Central Asia and north to Korea, and in each of these places they had set up military colonies. As Han commerce ...

Wen Han is intent on listing Windrose’s stock in New York. He is fueled by $300 million, Chinese technology and a belief that “China doesn’t have to be the enemy forever.” Wen Han is the ...

A recent study published in the journal Archaeometry investigates the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese imitation mirrors during the Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE). Lead author ...

Han Meilin is a contemporary Chinese artist known for both his paintings and sculptures of animals. Han notably created the Fuwa (good-luck dolls) mascots for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

The Han had extended Chinese power as far south as Vietnam, west to the steppes of Central Asia and north to Korea, and in each of these places they had set up military colonies. As Han commerce ...