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

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 ...

Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse ...

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

In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The ...

At the turn of the 3rd century CE, China descended into civil war as the court of the Han Dynasty was torn apart by ...

This Korean novel by the 2024 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature turns a pet-sitting mission into a haunting reflection ...

The tomb is believed to have belonged to a Han Dynasty general and his wife, as a faded seal in the back chamber bears the ...

The howling of wind and pounding of hooves, the battle cries and clinking of cold glistening sword, the solemn chanting of ...

Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-Hee died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the South Korean tech giant. Han was 63.Born in 1962, Han had overseen Samsung’s ...

The findings span different historical periods, with a large number of discoveries dating to prehistoric times and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). From October to December 2024, a research team from ...

SEOUL - South Korea's Constitutional Court said on Thursday it will deliver a decision on Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's impeachment on March 24 after he was suspended as acting president last year.