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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 229 CE). | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Washington Pressbooks - Early World Civilizations - The Rise of the Han Dynasty. | Mar 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - HIST-1500: World History Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 - The Han Dynasty, 202 BCE 220 CE. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Zhou Dynasty (c. 1050221 B.C.E.), an introduction. | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indiana University - CHINATXT - The Han Dynasty (PDF). | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The application of Han Dynasty cultural elements to modern product design (PDF). | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UW Departments Web Server - The Han Empire. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Association for Asian Studies - China Versus the Barbarians: The First Century of Han-Xiongnu Relations. | Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Florida State College at Jacksonville Pressbooks - Humanities: Prehistory to the 15th Century - The Han Dynasty and Innovations. | Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Asian Art Museum - Education - An Introduction to the Han Dynasty. | Oct 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Han Dynasty. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Philosophy in Han Dynasty China. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 229 CE). | Nov 10, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smart History - Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.�220 C.E.), an introduction. | Sep 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: USHistory.org - Han Dynasty � Cultural Heights. | Apr 10, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Aug 16, 2021 | ||
| Added additional detail about dynastic continuity. | Aug 13, 2021 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Aug 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaKnowledge.de - Han Dynasty. | Dec 28, 2018 | ||
| Added map of the Han dynasty circa 100 BCE. | Sep 26, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient History Encyclopedia - Han Dynasty. | Jun 07, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: KidsPast.com - The Han Dynasty. | Dec 29, 2016 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2015 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 14, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.Org - Eastern Han Dynasty. | Nov 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - The Han Dynasty. | Aug 11, 2010 | ||
| Added image of earthenware horse figure, Han dynasty, 25–220 CE. | Jul 12, 2010 | ||
| Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin. | Apr 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Dynasties of Asia - Han Dynasty. | Aug 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Han Dynasty. | Jun 14, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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