The Eastern Han emperors faced a variety of challenges, including natural disasters outside of their control, such as cattle plagues, locusts, droughts, floods, and earthquakes.
The Han dynasty formally ended in 220 when Cao Cao's son and heir, Cao Pi, pressured Emperor Xian into abdicating in his favour. ... A year later, in response to Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han throne, Liu Bei declared himself emperor of Shu Han; and in 229, Sun Quan followed suit, declaring himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the dynasty fell into chaos and corruption within the eunuchs empress' clan, and Confucian scholar officials caused for the dynasty to slowly fall apart; power and control was lost. During this, the peasant class was effected by the ideas and ideals of Daoism.
The Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) is known its long reign and its achievements, which included the development of the civil service and government structure; scientific advancements such as the invention of paper, use of water clocks and sundials to measure time, and development of a
seismograph; the Yuefu, which ...
The Han Dynasty was one of the great dynasties of Ancient China. Much of Chinese culture was established during the Han dynasty and it is sometimes called the Golden Age of Ancient China. It was an era of peace and prosperity and allowed China to expand to a major world power.
