Earlier Han

American  

noun

1. the Han dynasty before a.d. 9.

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Example Sentences

There’s a good chance earlier Han/Lando slashfic existed on FanFiction.net, but was removed as part of the clean up effort.

From The Verge

This was not an irrational fear, since just a few minutes earlier, Han had done the same thing and a police officer had rather sharply told her she couldn’t stop along the road.

From Seattle Times

Gen-e, a bonze of the temple Hiei-zan, adopted the commentaries of the Sung savants, Chengtzu and Chutsu, rejecting those of the earlier Han and Tang writers.

From Project Gutenberg

Collapse of the Han dynasty The economic results of the Turkestan trade in this period were not so unfavourable as in the earlier Han period.

From Project Gutenberg