The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded...
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ancestors of modern Han Chinese. The lands of southern China were acquired through conquest and colonization during the Qin and Han dynasty. Han Chinese people...
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Han, known as the Later Han (simplified Chinese: 后汉; traditional Chinese: 後漢; pinyin: Hòu Hàn) in historiography, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of...
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Ancient Chinese coinage (redirect from Han Dynasty coinage)
to use around the capital city district, but by the beginning of the Han dynasty, coins were widely used for such things as paying taxes, salaries and...
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Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn is a photographic artwork created by Ai Weiwei in 1995. Composed of three 148 by 121 cm black-and-white photographs, it documents...
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non-Han peoples. Dividing Chinese history into dynastic epochs is a convenient and conventional method of periodization. Accordingly, a dynasty may be...
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The Northern Han (simplified Chinese: 北汉; traditional Chinese: 北漢; pinyin: Běi Hàn) was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the...
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The emperors of the Han dynasty were the supreme heads of government during the second imperial dynasty of China; the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) followed...
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Hanfu (redirect from Han-dynasty-style robes)
Chinese people in China and in the overseas Chinese diaspora. After the Han dynasty, hanfu developed into a variety of styles using fabrics that encompassed...
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the Han dynasty was the military apparatus of China from 202 BC to 220 AD, with a brief interregnum by the reign of Wang Mang and his Xin dynasty from...
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