Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. During the Han ... and in the process pioneered the route known as the "Silk Road" from Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province ...

Chang'an became the very center of the country ... Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square shapes with level tops. Tombs from that time are called ...

proclaimed the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and came to be known as Emperor Gaozu of Han. After establishing his new capital at Chang’an near Xianyang, he introduced a hybrid administrative ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

Instead, Liu ruled his empire from Chang’an (now Xian), where he was ... stone carvings that span the Han and the Qing eras. The Han Dynasty was famed for its carving skills, recording local ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team of ...

In 121 BC, Han Dynasty emperor Liu Che sent General Huo ... south intersecting with the Tang-Tubo Ancient Road that ran from Chang'an (today's Xi'an in Shaanxi province) to Lhasa (in today's ...