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Han dynasty

A grand, traditional Chinese building with ornate red pillars and golden roofs stands under a dark sky, symbolizing the Han dynasty, known for its significant contributions to early Chinese civilization.

The Chinese imperial house that ruled, with one interregnum, from 202 BCE to 220 CE. The Han produced paper, the seismoscope, the wheelbarrow, the stern-mounted rudder, and the world's first state-run civil-service exam, and consolidated a model of bureaucratic government that subsequent Chinese dynasties copied for two millennia. Zhang Heng worked under the Eastern Han, the second half of the dynasty, with its capital at Luoyang.

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