Han dynasty (chn)

Han dynasty

Han dynasty ranks 391st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Singapore, Fort Worth, Texas, and Syracuse, New York. Memorable people born in Han dynasty include Sima Qian, Cai Lun, and Guan Yu. Memorable people who died in Han dynasty include Hua Tuo, Empress Lü, and Emperor Wen of Han. Han dynasty has been the birth place of many politicians and military personnels and the death place of many politicians and physicians. Han dynasty is located in China.

The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China, established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty and a warring interregnum known as the Chu–Han contention, and it was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period. The dynasty was briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty established by usurping regent Wang Mang, and is thus separated into two periods—the Western Han and the Eastern Han (25–220 AD). Spanning over four centuries, the Han dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history, and it has influenced the identity of the Chinese civilization ever since. Modern China's majority ethnic group refer to themselves as the "Han people" or "Han Chinese". The spoken Sinitic language and written Chinese are referred to respectively as the "Han language" and "Han characters". Read more on Wikipedia