She was often remembered as a shrewd and cunning ruler, used both political skill and, at times, ruthless tactics to ...

Wu Zetian’s influence across Central Asia helped boost trade, particularly in valuable commodities like silk and tea, which ...

Qianling, the tomb of the third Tang emperor, Li Zhi, and Empress Wu Zetian ... Though she changed the Li house's Tang Dynasty into the Wu's Zhou Dynasty, she had trouble choosing a successor ...

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 started at court in a ...