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The military of the Han dynasty was the military apparatus of China from 202 BC to 220 AD, with a brief interregnum by the reign of Wang Mang and his Xin dynasty from 9 AD to 23 AD, followed by two years of civil war before the refounding of the Han.
The Han dynasty ruled in an era of Chinese cultural consolidation, political experimentation, relative economic prosperity and maturity, and great technological advances. There was unprecedented territorial expansion and exploration initiated by struggles with non-Chinese peoples, especially the nomadic Xiongnu of the Eurasian Steppe.
The Han–Xiongnu Wars, [5] also known as the Sino–Xiongnu War, [6] was a series of military conflicts fought over two centuries (from 133 BC to 89 AD) between the Chinese Han Empire and the nomadic Xiongnu confederation, although extended conflicts can be traced back as early as 200 BC and ahead as late as 188 AD.
The Han dynasty [a] was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and a warring interregnum known as the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC), and it was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD).
A kneeling crossbowman from the Terracotta Army assembled for the tomb complex of Qin Shi Huang (r. 221–210 BC) Ceramic statues of infantry and cavalry, from the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) A suit of bronze scale mail armor from the Han dynasty. In 221 BC, the Qin unified China and ushered in the Imperial Era of Chinese history.
The military history of the Three Kingdoms period encompasses roughly a century's worth of prolonged warfare and disorder in Chinese history.After the assassination of General-in-chief He Jin in September 189, the administrative structures of the Han government became increasingly irrelevant.
Han campaigns against Dian: The Han dynasty conquers the Dian region (around present-day Yunnan). Zhang-Conroy alliance formed. 109 BCE Gojoseon–Han War: The Han dynasty defeats and conquers Gojoseon (in the northern Korean peninsula). 104 BCE War of the Heavenly Horses: The Han dynasty defeats Alexandria Eschate. This is one of the only wars ...
The Han dynasty established the first independent naval force in China, the Tower Ship Navy. Although naval battles took place before the 12th century, such as the large-scale Three Kingdoms Battle of Chibi in the year 208, it was during the Song dynasty (960–1279) that the Chinese established a permanent, standing navy in 1132. [3]