Former Han

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Former Han refers to the earlier, Western phase of China’s Han dynasty, spanning from 206 BCE to 9 CE and noted for consolidating imperial rule and expanding Chinese territory.

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Label Occurrences
Former Han canonical 3

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Han dynasty ⓘ
historical dynasty period ⓘ
imperial Chinese dynasty phase ⓘ
administrativeDivision commandery-county system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Qian Han ⓘ
Western Han ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty
capital Chang'an ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
currency Banliang coin ⓘ
Wuzhu coin ⓘ
linked to: Wu Zhu cash coins
endTime 9 CE ⓘ
eraOf consolidation of imperial rule in China ⓘ
territorial expansion of China ⓘ
expandedInto Central Asia ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
northern Vietnam ⓘ
firstEmperor Emperor Gaozu of Han ⓘ
followedBy Later Han ⓘ
Xin dynasty ⓘ
foreignRelations Dayuan in Ferghana ⓘ
Korean kingdoms ⓘ
Xiongnu confederation ⓘ
linked to: Xiongnu

Yuezhi ⓘ
founder Liu Bang ⓘ
foundingEvent victory of Liu Bang over Xiang Yu ⓘ
governmentForm centralized bureaucracy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
ideology Confucianism ⓘ
language Old Chinese ⓘ
lastEmperor Emperor Ping of Han ⓘ
legalSystem Han law code ⓘ
locatedInTime 1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century BCE ⓘ
majorConflict Han–Xiongnu War ⓘ
notableEmperor Emperor Jing of Han ⓘ
Emperor Wen of Han ⓘ
Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
Emperor Xuan of Han ⓘ
notableOfficial Dong Zhongshu ⓘ
Sima Qian ⓘ
notableWork Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
partOf Han dynasty ⓘ
precededBy Qin dynasty ⓘ
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
state Confucianism ⓘ
significantEvent Rebellion of the Seven States ⓘ
Reforms of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing ⓘ
Wang Mang's usurpation ⓘ
startTime 206 BCE ⓘ
usurpedBy Wang Mang ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Han dynasty → alsoKnownAs → Former Han ⓘ
Former Zhao → alsoKnownAs → Former Han ⓘ
Qian Han → alsoKnownAs → Former Han ⓘ