Western Han dynasty

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dynasty
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Former_Han_dynasty
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Yangling_Mausoleum
gptkb:Mawangdui
gptkb:Mausoleum_of_the_First_Han_Emperor
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Chang'an
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Rebellion_of_the_Seven_States
gptkb:Xiongnu_wars
gptkb:War_of_the_Heavenly_Horses
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Banliang_coin
gptkb:Wuzhu_coin
gptkbp:dissolved usurpation by Wang Mang
gptkbp:endDate 9 CE
gptkbp:era gptkb:Imperial_China
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Han_Chinese
gptkbp:firstMonarch gptkb:Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Han dynasty
gptkbp:language gptkb:Classical_Chinese
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Emperor_Ruzi_of_Han
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Han_script
Confucian bureaucracy
Han Chinese ethnonym
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Zhang_Qian
gptkb:Dong_Zhongshu
gptkb:Ban_Chao
gptkb:Sima_Qian
gptkbp:notableInvention seismograph (developed later in Eastern Han, but groundwork laid)
paper (early forms)
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Emperor_Jing_of_Han
gptkb:Emperor_Wen_of_Han
gptkb:Emperor_Wu_of_Han
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Book_of_Han
gptkb:Records_of_the_Grand_Historian
gptkbp:populationPeak over 60 million
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Qin_dynasty
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Rebellion_of_the_Seven_States
Expansion into Central Asia
Silk Road established
Rise of Confucianism as state philosophy
gptkbp:startYear 202 BCE
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Xin_dynasty
gptkbp:territory gptkb:East_Asia
parts of Central Asia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Weiyang_Palace_ruins
gptkb:Louguantai
gptkb:Xin_dynasty
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5