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Ancient China produced what has become the oldest extant culture in the world. The name 'China' comes from the Sanskrit Cina (derived from the name of the Chinese Qin Dynasty, pronounced 'Chin') which was translated as 'Cin' by the Persians...

Chinese culture developed from small communities such as Banpo Village (c. 4500 BCE) through the early Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 BCE) and the great dynastic periods that followed after, creating some of the most striking and memorable works...

Ancient Chinese literature developed following the evolution of script which evolved from divination practices of the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BCE). The pictographs made on oracle bones by diviners became the script known as Jiaguwen (c...

Zheng Yi Sao (aka Ching Shih, Cheng I Sao, Ching Yih Saou or Mrs Cheng, d. 1844) was the chief of a massive pirate confederation which plundered the South China Sea in the early 19th century. She inherited the role from her late husband...

A celadon fish-dragon ewer. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (National Museum of Korea, Soul, South Korea)

A celadon (greenware) ceramic kettle in the form of a mythical dragon-turtle creature. Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392. National Museum of Korea, Seoul.

A scene from a black-figure vase of the Phoenician founder of Thebes Cadmus slaying the dragon which dwelt there. From Euboea, 560-550 BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris.

The Shinto god Susanoo searching the waters for the eight-headed dragon known as Yamato-no-Orochi or the Koshi. (19th century CE print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

A detail of the dragon suspension of the bronze bell at the Sangwonsa temple in Pyeongchang. The bronze-cast bell dates to 725 and is the oldest surviving such bell from ancient Korea.

St George slaying the dragon. From a Macedonian workshop. Made from wood and egg tempera. Dating to the second half of the 16th century. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).