China's history is fascinating - and bloody - and also very confusing. So many dynasties! I'm a big history buff, 12th century is my period of main interest, the Third Crusade and the Byzantine Empire are my main things, and that's expanded as I work on "City of Jade" which travels along the Silk Road in mid-1100AD. Which leads to watching lots of historical epic films (China are amazing at producing these - I cannot recommend enough "Red Cliff", the director's cut, it's quite possibly the best movie I've ever seen).

You're very welcome, I'm glad you found it interesting. :D