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Eastern Han Dynasty
Book 4 in the History of China series.
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The Eastern Han Dynasty surveys the restoration of Han rule in 25 CE and the empire’s development until its collapse in 220. It examines the rebuilding of central authority, agricultural recovery, court politics and renewed expansion into Central Asia.
The book follows the influence of imperial relatives and eunuchs, the spread of Buddhism and the growth of powerful landed families. Rebellion, factional conflict and military decentralisation eventually fractured the dynasty, creating the political conditions from which the Three Kingdoms emerged.
