Although the historical characters may have lived in an earlier period ( such as the Song or Tang dynasty ) most stories are written in the latter Ming or Qing period.

Although simultaneously fighting in Korea against Goguryeo, the Chinese Tang Dynasty nonetheless initiates Emperor Taizong's campaign against Xueyantuo, where the famous general Li Shiji is deployed to fend off attacks in Tujue.

Although the codification of law was largely completed by the Tang Code of CE 624, throughout the centuries the Confucian foundations of the Tang Code were retained, and indeed with some aspects of it strengthened by the later dynasties.

Although Goguryeo had repelled the Sui Dynasty a century earlier, attacks by the Tang Dynasty from the west proved too formidable.

Although the founders of the Tang related to the glory of the earlier Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ), the basis for much of their administrative organization was very similar to the previous Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Although the central and local governments kept an enormous number of records about land property in order to assess taxes, it became common practice in the Tang for literate and affluent people to create their own private documents and signed contracts.

Although there were many large and prominent cities during the Tang, the rural and agrarian areas comprised the majority of China's population at some 80 to 90 %.

Although they had fought at Talas, on June 11, 758, an Abbasid embassy arrived at Chang ' an simultaneously with the Uyghur Turks bearing gifts for the Tang Emperor.

Although they were formerly enemies, the Tang accepted officials and generals of Goguryeo into their administration and military, such as the brothers Yeon Namsaeng ( 634 – 679 ) and Yeon Namsan ( 639 – 701 ).

Although the Tang had fought the Japanese, they still held cordial relations with Japan.

Although the Tang and Song dynasty international seaports — the greatest being Guangzhou and Quanzhou, respectively — and maritime foreign trade brought merchants great fortune, it was the Grand Canal within China that spurred the greatest amount of economic activity and commercial profit.

Although stone walls were built in China during the Warring States ( 481-221 BC ), mass conversion to stone architecture did not begin in earnest until the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 AD ).

Although the game is still occasionally referred to in some historical sources and in poetry as late as the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ), it seems that Liubo had been largely displaced by the game of Go.

Although stone walls were built in China during the Warring States ( 481-221 BC ), mass conversion to stone architecture did not begin in earnest until the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 AD ).

Although, Li Yu indeed was a great exponent and developer of the Ci poetry form, which form sometimes or often seems to characterize poetry of the Song Dynasty, there is also some difficulty in categorizing him as a Song poet: the Southern Tang state is more of a continuation of Tang than a precursor on the Song side of the divide of the history of the Tang-Song transition.

Although poetry continued to be written, and certain poets rose in prominence while others disappeared from the landscape, the brief Sui Dynasty ( 581-618 CE ), in terms of the development of Chinese poetry, lacks distinction, though it nonetheless represents a continuity between the Six Dynasties and the poetry of Tang.

Although, the poets of the Song Dynasty drew on a long tradition of poetry, perhaps especially those forms which were prevalent in the Tang Dynasty.

Although his army, under Linghu Chao, was numerous, it was unable to make further territorial gains due to the failure to wrest control of Yongqiu ( modern Qi County, Kaifeng, in Henan ) and ( later ) the nearby Suiyang District from the Tang defenders led by Zhang Xun.

Although Liu had bitter memories of his previous service as an ally of China, he respected Tang ( the only Chinese commander to have contributed troops to the defence of Son Tay ), and agreed to take part with the Black Flag Army in the forthcoming campaign.

Although the historical characters may have lived in an earlier period ( such as the Song or Tang dynasty ) the novels are often set in the later Ming or Manchu period.

Although Silla did contribute to bring down Goguryeo, it was Tang Dynasty China that invaded with its allied forces from Kyrgyz tribes.

Although it was recognized that certain tributaries, represented for example, in the XVIIIth Dynasty tomb of Rekhmara at Egyptian Thebes as bearing vases of peculiar forms, were of some Mediterranean race, neither their precise habitat nor the degree of their civilization could be determined while so few actual prehistoric remains were known in the Mediterranean lands.

Although large Chinese bridges of wooden construction existed at the time of the Warring States, the oldest surviving stone bridge in China is the Zhaozhou Bridge, built from 595 to 605 AD during the Sui Dynasty.

Although the Three Kingdoms were reunified by the Jin Dynasty in 280, this structure was essentially the same until the Wu Hu uprising.

Although high level of stylization, mystical appeal, and surreal elegance were often preferred over realism ( such as in shan shui style ), beginning with the medieval Song Dynasty there were many Chinese painters then and afterwards who depicted scenes of nature that were vividly real.

Although the step pyramid for King Zoser of the 3rd Dynasty was important for the reason that it had exemplified unbelievable skill and the introduction of building with stone, it was also very symbolic.

Although not certain, it has been believed that during a 40 year period of the Third Dynasty, Imhotep influenced and was the ultimate master builder of numerous other projects which have been finished.

Although divination with the I Ching is thought to have originated prior to the Shang Dynasty, it was not until King Wu of Zhou ( 1046 – 1043 BC ) that it took its present form.

Although the Chinese invented gunpowder, and firearms had been in continual use in Chinese warfare since as far back as the Song Dynasty, the advent of modern weaponry resulting from the European Industrial Revolution had rendered China's traditionally trained and equipped army and navy obsolete.

Although different native acacias were used, as was the wood from the local sycamore and tamarisk trees, deforestation in the Nile valley resulted in the need for the importation of wood, notably cedar, but also Aleppo pine, boxwood and oak, starting from the Second Dynasty.

Although it is unknown just how much silver flowed from the Spanish base of Manila in the Philippines to the Ming Dynasty of China, it is known that the main port for the Mexican silver trade — Acapulco — shipped out 150, 000 to 345, 000 kg ( 4 to 9 million taels ) of silver annually from this year to 1602.

Although the Han Dynasty of China was firmly cemented into power and extended its imperial influence into Central Asia during the first half of the century, by the second half there was widespread corruption and open rebellion.

Although a successor was appointed as Dong Zhou Hui Wang, traditionally in Chinese history this is considered the end of the Zhou Dynasty.

* Although the usurpation of Wang Mang and the Chimei Rebellion are behind him, Emperor Guangwu now faces a new threat to the Han Dynasty: the Rebellion of Gongsun Shu in the Sichuan province.

* Although sparse maritime trade existed since its founding, the Ming Dynasty government of China officially revokes the hai jin maritime trade ban, reinstating foreign trade with all countries except Japan.

* Although trade existed between the two beforehand, in this year the Portuguese begins to send regular seasonal maritime trade missions to Ming Dynasty China at Sao João Island ( also known as Shangchuan Island ) near Macau.

Although the exact date of the construction of the garden is not clear, historical evidence suggests it was constructed during the Seljuk Dynasty on the orders of the celebrated Seljuk monarch Sanjar.

Although the Ming capital Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng ( who established the Shun Dynasty, soon replaced by the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty ), regimes loyal to the Ming throne — collectively called the Southern Ming — survived until 1662.

Although the Sui Dynasty was relatively short ( 581-618 CE ), much was accomplished during its tenure.

Although the Zhou Dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the Ji () family lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as the Western Zhou.

Although chariots had been introduced to China during the Shang Dynasty from Central Asia, the Zhou period saw the first major use of chariots in battle.