HAN GAOZU reigned 202195 B'C'

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HAN GAOZU (reigned 202-195 B.C.)
HAN KAO-TSU LIU BANG (247-195 B.C.) LIU JIN
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THE HAN DYNASTY(202 B.C. 220 A.D.)
FORMER HAN DYNASTY (202 B.C. 9 A.D.) XIN
DYNASTY (9 23 A.D.) LATER HAN DYNASTY (25
220 A.D.)
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FORMER HAN DYNASTY (202 B.C. 9 A.D.)

• HAN GAOZU (LIU BANG) (reigned 202-195 B.C.)
• CHANGAN (capital)
• WU DI (reigned 141-87 B.C.)
• SIMA QIAN (145-85 B.C.)
• DONG ZHONGSHU (179-104 B.C.)
• ZHANG QIAN

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FIVE ELEMENTS

• WOOD METAL FIRE WATER EARTH

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EXPANSION OF THE EMPIRE UNDER WU DI

• 121-119 B.C. (Xiongnu are driven north of the
  Gobi desert)
• The Great Wall extended
• Colonists are sent to the North-West
• Silk Road opens between China and the Parthian
  Empire
• 111-110 B.C. (Eastern and Southern Yue, i.e.
  Vietnam, are brought under Chinese control)
• 108 B.C. (Korea conquered)

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XIN DYNASTY (9 23 A.D.)

• WANG MANG
• THE RED EYEBROWS

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LATER HAN DYNASTY (25 220 A.D.)

• GUANG WU DI (reigned 25-57 A.D.)
• LUOYANG (capital)
• BAN GU (32 - 92 A.D.)
• HANSHU (BOOK OF HAN)
• BAN ZHAO (45-116 A.D.)
• LESSONS FOR WOMEN

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DEMISE OF THE LATER HAN

• FLOODS (175 and 173 A.D.)
• THE YELLOW TURBANS (184220 A.D.)
• ZHANG JUE
• TAIPING DAO
• THE FIVE PECKS OF RICE BAND
• CAO CAO (died 220 A.D.)
• CAO PEI (THE WEI DYNASTY)