Emperor Wu of Han (156-87 BCE) was the seventh emperor of China's Han dynasty, reigning for 54 years, one of the longest and most consequential reigns in Chinese imperial history. He greatly expanded the territory of the Han Empire through military campaigns against the Xiongnu confederation and into Central Asia, Korea and southern China, and opened the trade routes later known as the Silk Road. Domestically he centralized imperial authority, established Confucianism as the state orthodoxy taught in an imperial academy, and reorganized the empire's finances, leaving a lasting imprint on the structure of Chinese government.
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Birth YearWikipedia gives the birth year as 156 BC with no month or day recorded; stored as a signed year, following the BC-year convention already used for Cyrus the Great, Hammurabi and Ramesses II on this atlas. Death YearWikipedia gives the exact death date as 29 March 87 BC; only the year is stored here because Date columns in this atlas cannot represent BC dates. RoleSeventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China, reigning from 141 to 87 BC 1 Role
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(156-29 March 87 BC)
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was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC
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personal name Liu Che
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courtesy name Tong
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He greatly expanded the territory of the Han Empire through military campaigns against the Xiongnu confederation and into Central Asia, Korea and southern China, and opened the trade routes later known as the Silk Road.
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