The Northern Zhou dynasty was ruled by people of the Xianbei ... The genetic material indicates that the emperor had brown eyes, black hair and skin that was dark to intermediate in color.

was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of Sudan who conquered Egypt at roughly the same time, the Zhou were a ...

A recent archaeological seminar in East China's Anhui Province revealed that the Shenduntou site, a typical Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-256BC) copper smelting site in the lower Yangtze River region ...