An empress ruled the world: Wu Zetian (video)

Absolute History, 1/18/20; CC Liu, Ananda (DBM), Ashley Wells (eds.),  Wisdom Quarterly

Wu Zetian: The Empress who ruled the World

When empires collide, China and India

Since her passing 1,300 years ago, Empress Wu Zetian has been mislabeled a callous tyrant who brought calamity to China. Now extraordinary new discoveries are revealing a very different picture of her reign.

As archaeologists investigate hidden tombs, spectacular pagodas, gigantic palaces, and priceless treasures from her time, they are uncovering a very different story of China’s female emperor, her skills, and that empire.

Empress Wu Zetian’s China was a military, economic, and cultural superpower, the influence of which stretched from the edge of the Mediterranean to Japan and India.

Recent discoveries reveal the wealth and stability of her reign and point to her skills as a politician and leader. But they also provide tantalizing new evidence of the cruelty and violence at the heart of her regime.

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