making the Han dynasty the largest empire to date. The world of arts, science and literature saw a rise in popularity as advances in technology were made. One of its greatest achievements was the invention of paper, leading to an increase in the already vast amount of literature produced duri...
Entry of the First Emperor of the Han Dynasty into Guanzhong. Scanned from William Watson'sThe Arts of China/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain The Han Dynasty, which was founded by Liu Bang (Han Gaozu), lasted for four centuries (206 BCE–8, 25–220 CE). During this period, Confucianism ...
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Learn what the Shu Han Dynasty was like. Explore the beginning of the Shu Kingdom, achievements during the Shu Han Dynasty, and the decline of the...
The Han Chinese writer Cao Xueqin wrote and released the novelA Dream in Red MansionsorThe Story of the Stone,one of Chinese literature’s Four Great Classical Novels. With over 400 characters, this fictional piece was one of the most highly regarded, albeit complex, compositions of its time....
he and Xiang Yu overthrew the Qin Dynasty. Second, he defeated Xiang Yu, built Han Dynasty and...
Qin Shi Huang (“First Sovereign Emperor”), emperor (reigned 221–210 BCE) of the Qin dynasty and creator of the first unified Chinese empire. Learn more about his life, death, and huge burial complex, which includes a life-size terra-cotta army, in thi
Most of the information about Qin Shi Huang’s life derives from the successor Han dynasty, which prized Confucian scholarship and thus had an interest in disparaging the Qin period. The report that Qin Shi Huang was an illegitimate son of Lü Buwei is possibly an invention of that epoch. Fu...
However, the Ming dynasty was eventually overthrown by the Qing dynasty in the late 16th century when it began to fall. The Manchu people, who were living in the north of China, began encroaching on Ming territory. In 1644, they seized Beijing and overthrew the Ming dynasty. It was the ...
Around sixty million individuals died in the span of three hundred years. Many scholars state that these deaths were the result of a Mongol genocide ofHan Chinesecitizens of the empire, as well as the Black Death; however, other scholars state that the Yuan dynasty did not carry out genocide...