and one crafted to resemble yue (above right), a type of axe-like weapon, both from the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC).[Photo provided by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Exquisite bronze ...

and weapons. The Shang king had about a thousand soldiers and would personally lead them into battle. Armies ranged in size from 3,000 soldiers to 13,000. King Wu of Zhou led an army of around ...

The Liulihe site, which is recently named among China's top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2024, is the ­largest known Western Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-771BC) ruins site south of the Yanshan ...