Emperor Wu Di also saw to it that his armed forces were further strengthened in defending the territory of the Han Dynasty and preventing it from encroachment by Xiongnu (Huns) from the north.

A general called Zhang Qian was sent to the Far West by Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty to make contact with Yuezhi, a nomadic tribe. The emperor feared the Xiongnu people – a group who ...

More than 2,000 years ago, a terrible massacre took place on the edge of a fortress in present-day Mongolia. A group of men were butchered, then buried in a mass grave. But until recently ...

Sima Qian was born around 145BCE during the Han dynasty. He was the son of the ... In 99BCE, the gallant General Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu invaders in the north, and Sima alone spoke ...

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, a devastating fire destroys the imperial silk destined as tribute to the Xiongnu—a catastrophe that reignites turmoil across the Western Regions.