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	Imperial Eras
		The Han rulers modified some of the harsher aspects of the previous dynasty; Confucian ideals of government, out of favor during the Qin period, were adopted as the creed of the Han empire, and Confucian scholars gained prominent status as the core of the civil service.
		The Han rulers, however, were unable to adjust to what centralization had wrought: a growing population, increasing wealth and resultant financial difficulties and rivalries, and ever-more complex political institutions.
		Riddled with the corruption characteristic of the dynastic cycle, by A.D. 220 the Han empire collapsed.
	www-chaos.umd.edu /history/imperial.html (968 words)

	Chinese History - Han Dynasty event history (www.chinaknowledge.org)
		At the begin of Han, the military consisted to a large part of corvÃ©e milita (yibing å½¹åµ) that served for two years as standing force (zhengzu æ£å’) and were stationed either in the capital as guard (weishi è¡å£«) or at the borders as defence force (rongzu æå’).
		A state as large as Han China after the expansion to the west, south and northeast (see next chapter) lacked junior staff for the many civil offices in the capital and throughout the empire.
		One crucial task for the young Eastern Han Empire was the reconstruction of the economy after the deastrous years of civil war that followed the inundation catastrophies of the Yellow River in AD 3 and 11.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Han/han-event.html (8023 words)

	THE CLASSICAL EMPIRES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		China kept expanding under the Han emperors, but their major concern was always to unify the various lands that they had brought under their control.
		The Han empire decayed politically and began to disintegrate in about 200 AD, but the basic cultural pattern of the Han -- in literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, drama, and almost everything else -- continued to develop.
		Han China, Mauryan India, the Old Persian Empire, and the Roman Empire each struggled to establish institutions that would unify the disparate regions and peoples of which they were composed.
	www.ku.edu /kansas/medieval/100/sections/11classi.html (1962 words)

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		HAN Am I? I say you came running after me because you were afraid I was leaving you without even a kiss.
		Han glances at the fading light at the entrance of the ice cave as night slowly begins to fall on the planet.
		Han turns, grabs the Princess and pulls her to the wall as a giant cave-in smothers the two controllers.
	cache.cow.net /~draith/sw/scripts/SW-TESB_4th_Draft (15090 words)

	Ethics of Legalism, Qin Empire and Han Dynasty by Sanderson Beck
		Han Fei-zi did not want the ruler to be manipulated by his ministers, which is why he advised the sovereign not to reveal his will or express his likes and dislikes.
		Qin Empire 221-206 BC In 221 BC when Qin took over Qi, the last of the other six states, King Zheng's first official act was to declare himself First August Emperor (Shih Huang Di) of what we still call China from the name of his state of Qin.
		Han Xin persuaded the king of Han that his new position was really an exile and that this was the time he could re-unify Qin and then march east.
	www.san.beck.org /EC16-Legalism.html (14635 words)

	Chinese History - Han Dynasty map (www.chinaknowledge.org)
		From the capital Chang'an (modern Xi'an/Shaanxi) the Western Han empire (Xihan è¥¿æ¼¢) was administrated in regions (zhou å·; courier type and underlined) and subordinated commanderies (jun é¡) and princedoms (wangguo çå; in violet letters).
		The northern neighbors of the Western Han empire were the mights nomad confederations of the Xiongnu, the Wusun çå«, Wuhuan çæ¡“ and Xianbei é®®å‘.
		The southwest that was incorporated into the Han empire in 109 BC the former kingdoms of Dian æ» and Ailao å“ç¢ became tributaries.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Han/han-map.html (626 words)

	China to 306 CE
		With the monarchical system of government, Han rule was on a long range course toward disaster, but the short term was served by Wendi being an able ruler, a ruler known for his regard for the interests of his subjects.
		All Han emperors since Mingdi had become emperors when adolescents, two of them as young as two, and most had begun their rule with their dowager empress mother serving as regent.
		In attempting to defend itself, the Han palace conscripted great numbers, establishing huge armies at a great economic cost, and although the Han armies were weakened by inefficiency and corruption, the Yellow Turbans were no match for them.
	www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch14.htm (10352 words)

	Han Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The cause of this invasion was that the chief of the feudal state of Han was suspected of disloyalty, and was driven to cast his lot with the northern tribes.
		During this reign, the Han Dynasty reached the zenith of its power, and the empire was greatly enlarged.
		The usurpation of Wang Mang [Frederick-Gorman]: The cause of the downfall of the Han Dynasty is to be traced to the ambition of its imperial women.
	worldclass.net /China/han.htm (3479 words)

	China_Empire
		The Chinese Empire I: From Unification to Disintegration
		Subsequently split into two: The Southern Xiongnu was subsequently assimilated by the Han civilization and eventually led the "Five Barbarian Tribes" (wuhu) in invasion of northern China in 4th century CE; the Northern Xiongnu was defeated by the Han forces in the 2nd century CE, and subsequently migrated westward.
		Ambitious eunuchs and their usurpation of power has been considered a recurring theme (though a minor motif) in several dynastic periods of Chinese history, but especially in the late-Han period and the Ming period.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~ckk/China_Empire.html (960 words)

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		While Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a wary alliance of smugglers in a last-ditch attack against the Empire, Leia keeps the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins.
		Han always dreamed of marrying Leia himself, but in spite of his heroic exploits he feels that she sees him as nothing more than a shiftless rogue and Corellian pirate, unworthy of her hand.
		Meanwhile, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker are on a separate mission to the planet Crseih to investigate a report of a lost group of Jedi.
	www.isomedia.com /homes/kosta/StarWars/books.htm (6921 words)

	Chinese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		At the end of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), Wangmang, a distant relative of the royal family, usurped the throne of the Liu family.
		Emperor Guangwu, Liuxiu, concluded the upheaval of the former Han Dynasty and reunified the country.
		In the field of science and culture, Eastern Han exceeded the former Western Han due to the maintained stableness of the society in its early period.
	www.warriortours.com /intro/history/han/eastern.htm (1039 words)

	Roman Empire vs. Han China - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
		Under Emperor WuDi, the Han armies defeated the Huns but the toils from years of military campaign took its toll on the Empire, reducing population (and tax base) as well as exhausting the reservers accumulated by previous monarchs.
		Both the Roman Empire and the Han Empire consisted of vast domains on their borders which were only nominally under their rule.
		If Roman Empire were to attack Han Empire by land, they would first have to conquer the Persian Empire as well as the Parthygians as well as other central asian civilization before reaching China.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=185 (2603 words)

	Han Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Han Dynasty (Traditional Chinese characters: 漢朝;, Simplified Chinese characters: 汉朝;, pinyin Hàncháo 202 BC - AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China.
		The Han period produced China's most famous historian, Sima Qian (145 -87 BC?), whose Records of the Grand Historian provides a detailed chronicle from the time of legendary Xia emperor to that of the Emperor Wu (141- 87 BC).
		However, Under Emperor Wu's leadership, the most prosperous period (140 - 87 BC)of the Han Dynasty, the Empire was able to fight back.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Han_dynasty (1909 words)

	The soldiers of the Roman Empire and Han dynasty - History Forum
		THe Han army was a mix of light calvary and infantry, mobility and powerful archery was their main strength...
		I mean one of the largest empires in the world conquered with the shield and the short sword.
		Considering the Han used cavalry on a large scale, it is much more likely that the Han would be the ones that get to force the Romans to an unfavorable terrain.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1415 (1765 words)

	About China - CSSA, LSU
		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.).
		The paths of caravan traffic are often called the "silk route" () because the route was used to export Chinese silk to the Roman Empire.
		After 200 years, Han rule was interrupted briefly (in A.D. 9-24 by Wang Mang or, a reformer), and then restored for another 200 years.
	www.lsu.edu /student_organizations/cssa/aboutchina/history/han.html (395 words)

	Chinese Porcelain History
		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.).
		During the Han dynasty a mutually beneficial "tributary" system was developed to ensure peace with non-Chinese local powers.
		After 200 years Han rule was interrupted briefly by Wang Mang in A.D. 9-24 and then restored for another 200 years.
	www.gotheborg.com /chronology/han.shtml (599 words)

	Peak of Han empire - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
		Roman historian clearly mentioned that during the empire, Roman fighting zeal and patriotism were gone and praised the time of the Republic.
		When Han is still rich, it was still paying annual subsidy to xiongnu and its empire didn't even strech to the south yet.
		Also Chen Tang never mentioned anything about Wusun, he said one Han is equal to five Hu soldiers when their metallurgy was weak, he (even he himself became disability after the injuredly war in 36 BC) said that when Xiyu was attacked by Wusun in later years under Yuandi.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=327 (3562 words)

	Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.) \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		After the civil war that followed the death of Qin Shihuangdi in 210 B.C., China was reunited under the rule of the Han dynasty, which is divided into two major periods: the Western or Former Han (206 B.C.–9 A.D.) and the Eastern or Later Han (25–220 A.D.).
		The Western Han capital, Chang'an in present-day Shaanxi Province—a monumental urban center laid out on a north-south axis with palaces, residential wards, and two bustling market areas—was one of the two largest cities in the ancient world (Rome was the other).
		Disputes among factions, including the families of imperial consorts, contributed to the dissolution of the Western Han empire.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/hand/hd_hand.htm (657 words)

	Comparison between the Roman Empire and Han China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Above is the extent of the Roman empire at its largest in the year AD 116.
		Below is a extent of the Chinese empire under the Han Dynasty in what is most likely the later Han empire.
		The source for the expanse of the Han empire shown on this map is the book 'The Times: Archaeology of the World'.
	www.roman-empire.net /maps/empire/extent/rome-china-comparison.html (83 words)

	East Asian History Sourcebook: The Han Koong Tsu, or Autumn of the Palace of Han
		The Han Koong Tsu, or Autumn of the Palace of Han
		When the two races of Ch'in and Han contended in battle, and filled the empire with tumult, our tribes were in full power: numberless was the host of armed warriors with their bended horns.
		May I advise that commissioners be dispatched to search throughout the empire for all of whatever rank that is most beautiful between the ages of fifteen and twenty, for the peopling of the inner palace.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/eastasia/hankoongtsu.html (4323 words)

	The Roman Empire, the Han Dynasty, and Surprising Similariti free essays
		Case in point, the Hans were, for the most part, ethnically homogeneous, whereas the Roman Empire was extremely heterogeneous.
		Both empires had very similar views on government, especially concerning the foreign policy (which many attribute greatly to their respective collapses).
		Much credit is given to the barbarians for the collapse of the two empires as they were constantly attacking and thus raising the price of maintaining a professional military for the two empires.
	www.needfreeessays.com /viewpaper/1864.html (307 words)

	Chapter 7- China’s First Empire (221B
		Later Han Dynasty, and describe its decline and disunity that followed Empire’s fall.
		Han period was also creative in many ways:
		Contrast of China’s Han with West’s Roman Empire:
	www.campbell.edu /faculty/Slattery/WH7.htm (311 words)

	Han Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Yellow and Yangtze rivers Han Empire map [Alt Han map]
		Former Han dynasty 206 B.C.E.-C.E. Liu Bang 206-195 B.C.E. "Yin" [Alt Liu Bang]
		fall of Han: 3 kingdoms era C.E. Han Legacy
	www2.hawaii.edu /~kjolly/151/09han.htm (72 words)

	Chinese Dynasties - Eastern Han Dynasty
		Information about Han dynasty of ancient Chinese dynasties.
		History of China : Hang Dynasty : Eastern Han
		Users of this site agree to be bound by the Terms of Use of the Travel China Guide Web Site.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/han/eastern.htm (1098 words)

	The Impact of Chinese Civilization
		A. Former Han (206 B.C.E.-8 C.E) and Later Han (25-220)
		Han military prevailed over rebels, but Han soon fell
		Book of the Han (Hanshu) by Ban Gu (d.
	core.ecu.edu /hist/tuckerjo/fe-five.htm (137 words)

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		force4.wav--"The force is with you." -Vader, The Empire Strikes Back
		joinus.wav--"We would be honored if you would join us." -Vader, The Empire Strikes Back
		chances.wav--" Artoo says the chances of survival are 725 to 1." -C3PO, The Empire Strikes Back
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Corridor/8289/sounds.html (939 words)

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		There is no try." Yoda(The Empire Strikes Back)
		You Rebel scum!" Imperial officer to Han(Return of the Jedi)
		You'll find that it is you who is mistaken about a great many things." The Emperor(Return of the Jedi)
	www.geocities.com /Area51/2797/quotes.html (916 words)

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