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The '''Han Dynasty''' ([[Chinese]]: 汗朝; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Hàn Cháo; [[Wade-Giles]]: Han Ch'ao replaced the [[Chi'in Dynasty]] (or Qin) in 206 [[BC]] and ruled [[China]] until [[AD]] 220 with only a brief interruption from AD 6 to 23.
[[Liu Bang]] was the first Han ruler. Then [[Empress Lu]] seized power from 195 to 180 BC and made her infant sons emperors. [[Han Wudi]] was the longest serving Han ruler from 141 to 87 BC.
The Han Dynasty extended China's territory into [[Vietnam]] and [[Korea]]. This was the most significant [[dynasty]] in China, comparable with the [[Pax Romana]] of [[Roman Empire|Rome]] - a time of general peace. [[Education]] was highly valued and a class of scholars called "shi" was created. The Han Dynasty is criticized for treating women as inferior to men. The Han Dynasty developed the famous [[Silk Road]], which allowed trade even as far away as the Roman Empire.
The dynasty declined in a similar way to the [[Roman Empire]] for some of the same reasons. After it fell, there was a time of disorder and China was ruled by regional governments called the [[Three Kingdoms]].
== See Also ==
* [[World History Lecture Three]]
[[Category:Chinese Dynasties]]
[[Category:Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]