and Empress Wu Zetian, is located on Liangshan Mountain, 6 kilometers north of Qianxian County seat and 80 kilometers from Xi'an. Here also stands the Qianling Mausoleum and Museum. Located on the ...

But Empress Wu Zetian wasn’t just focused on the economy and military. She also made progress in cultural and intellectual development, being a patron of Buddhism, she promoted the religion ...

Seeking to consolidate her grip on the Chinese throne, Empress Wu Zetian embarked on an audacious project: expanding the imperial palace on a scale never before seen in China, or the world.

However, long before any of them, there was a woman whose wealth surpassed them all — Empress Wu Zetian of China’s Tang dynasty. Her fortune, valued at an estimated USD 16 trillion (in today ...

How did she do it? She did so with ruthless determination – she killed her own newborn child – and then framed the Empress for the murder. Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang dynasty Wu Zetian ...

Wu Zetian was the first ... was made Noble Consort Yi, second only to the empress. Unusually, she could read and write Chinese and became educated in state affairs. In 1860, just before his ...