According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou ...

In addition to the walls, two semi-subterranean residences from the Zhou period were found during the excavation, showing square foundations with rounded corners characteristic of that dynasty.

was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of Sudan who conquered Egypt at roughly the same time, the Zhou were a ...