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Later Han

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noun

  1. the Han dynasty after the interregnum a.d. 9–25.


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Later, Han acknowledges that these immigrants “don’t speak ‘Ölelo Hawai’i.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

His reign, which coincided with that of the Later Han emperor Mingdi, saw the establishment of the first Buddhist temple in China, the White Horse Temple near Luoyang.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2020

By 220, the Later Han Dynasty had disintegrated into three rival kingdoms.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Within two years, a member of the old imperial family took the throne and began the second period of Han rule—called the Later Han.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Each of its walls had a length of 4,000 metres; thus, it was even somewhat larger than the famous city of Loyang, capital of China during the Later Han dynasty, in the second century A.D.

From A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

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