A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.

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

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

For a long time, the ancient empires of Rome and China’s Han dynasty have fascinated historians and archaeologists. These two powerful civilizations shaped much of the world’s early history. But which ...

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History has seen the rise and fall of countless empires ... covered vast swathes of Europe and the Middle East as well as parts of North Africa) and the Han Dynasty in the east (which incorporated ...

For centuries, the splendor of Rome and the mythical grandeur of the Han dynasty in China have captured the imagination of ...

Throughout history, as any anthropologist will tell ... In this programme, we are in Han Dynasty China, two thousand years ago, exploring the giving of Imperial gifts - an activity which straddles ...

Excavation details relating to an Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) tomb cluster in Yuncheng, North China's Shanxi Province, were ...

However, the events of Dynasty Warriors' storyline closely follow actual history, and all the major storyline battles are based on real engagements that took place during the fall of the Han Dynasty.

Under the rule of Emperor Wu Di, the Han Dynasty gained power, prosperity and stability, providing a period of development for the country in ancient history. In the second year of the Jian Yuan ...