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Warring States Period begins 500 BCE Qin Dynasty begins 221 BCE Qin: Centralized bureaucracy Building program Legalism 210 BCE Qin Dynasty ends
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Han Dynasty: same administrative structure Softened unpopular laws Adopted Confucianism
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Han emperors expanded Chinese territories, increased trade, and fostered intellectual advances.
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Buddhism spread into China along the Silk Road, taking on new aspects along the way.
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The Han Dynasty was constantly at war, mostly against the nomadic Xiongnu (Huns).
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In 220, the Han fell to internal rebels after a series of child emperors. The Age of Divisions began.