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Han dynasty
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Noun1.Han dynasty - imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracyHan dynasty - imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family


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Landmarks on the journey include changes in the course of the Huang Ho, the well-watered landscape of the prehistoric north, population changes and migration during the later Han empire, commerce and the shaping of the Sung cities, the impact of the west, and stages in agrarian reform.
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