The Han Dynasty Period, 206 BC to 220 AD, followed the short-lived Qin Dynasty and is widely regarded as a foundational age of Chinese civilization, so much so that the country's majority ethnic group still calls itself the Han. Emperor Wu extended Han territory deep into Central Asia and opened the Silk Road trade routes to the West, while the dynasty also standardized the Confucian civil service examination system, advanced papermaking and sundial technology, and produced the historian Sima Qian's monumental Records of the Grand Historian. A brief usurpation by Wang Mang split the dynasty into Western and Eastern Han periods, and its final collapse amid court intrigue and regional warlordism gave way directly to the Three Kingdoms Period.
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Start YearWikipedia's infobox dates the imperial dynasty from 202 BC, when Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor after the Chu-Han Contention; this atlas's existing entity description instead cites 206 BC, the year Liu Bang was made a vassal King of Han, a date other popular sources also use as the dynasty's start. Geographic Scope Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Han dynasty
WikipediaLead section, opening sentence, dynasty dates
The Han dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD, 25-220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) and the interregnum known as the Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC).
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The Han dynasty came to an end in 220 AD when Cao Pi, king of Wei, usurped the throne from Emperor Xian.
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The Han dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD, 25-220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) and the interregnum known as the Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC).
In Group: Eras Beginning from 509 to 202 BCE, Lead
The Han dynasty (202 BC, 9 AD, 25-220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) and the interregnum known as the Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC).
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