Another new dynasty， called Han （206 B.C.-A.D. 220）， emerged with its capital at Chang’an . The new empire 
retained much of the Qin administrative structure but retreated a bit from centralized rule. Confucian ideals of government， were adopted as the creed of the Han empire. Intellectual， literary， and artistic endeavors revived and flourished. The Han period produced China’s most famous historian， Sima Qian （ 145-87 B.C.？）， whose Shiji （ Historical Records） provides a detailed chronicle from the time of a legendary Xia emperor to that of the Han emperor Wu Di （ 141-87 B.C.）。 Technological advances also marked this period. After 200 years， Han rule was interrupted briefly （in A.D. 9-24 by Wang Mang ， a reformer）， and then restored for another 200 years. And A.D. 220 the Han empire collapsed.
Han dynasty
Posted by aboutchina on April 12th, 2010
Posted in 
Tags: 
[...] [...]
[...] Emperor Of Han Wudi Posted by aboutchina on June 23rd, 2010 Han Wudi, the fifth emperor of the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE),was one of the most influential emperors in Chinese history. He consolidated the [...]
[...] Han Posted by aboutchina on June 25th, 2010 As the first period of the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220), the Western Han Dynasty (207BC-AD25) was established during the Warring States [...]
[...] Three Kingdoms Posted by aboutchina on June 25th, 2010 The end of the Han Dynasty was followed by a long period of disunity and civil war. It began with the Three Kingdoms. These [...]
[...] Shu Posted by aboutchina on June 25th, 2010 TheKingdom of Shu (221-263) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220). [...]
[...] Wu Posted by aboutchina on June 25th, 2010 The Kingdom of Wu (222-280) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220). [...]
[...] [...]