The Han Dynasty created a Chinese empire that endures to this day.

In 221 bc the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for i

Considers the important aspects of life during the Han period, when the foundations were laid for the chief political, economic, cultural and social structures

The second and first centuries B.C. were a critical period in Chinese history—they saw the birth and development of the new Chinese empire and its earliest ex