he Han Dynasty
Liu Bang (about 250 BC to 195 BC) defeated the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC) and declared himself to be the emperor. The people were greatly impoverished by the Qin rule and the civil war. He tried to build up his large empire.
The region and its people were destroyed. More than half of the population of the region of Qin Empire were killed in a short period of time by the Qin conquests, policies, and subsequent rebellions. It is thought that the population of the region fell to about 18 million people by the time of Liu Bang's ascension.
Liu Bang established policies that were less harsh. He allowed more freedom and lowered taxation, and he didn’t strive for total power. His successors expanded the territory.
The Han emperors' policies were more successful. In a census taken in 2 AD, the population of the empire was 57 million people or three times higher than when the empire began. The land area was more than twice the size of the original territory.
There was a coup against the dynastic line in 9 AD. An official set up his own dynasty. This divided the Han Dynasty era intothree periods called the Western Han Dynasty (206–9 BC), the Xia Dynasty (9–23 AD), and the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 AD).
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