The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Han Dynasty
- MacroHistory: China to the Fall of the Han Dynasty
- Minnesota State University: Han Dynasty
- Montgomery County Public Schools: Han Dynasty
- Baltimore County Public Schools: The Han Dynasty
- Minniapolis Institute of Art: Chinese Dynasty Guide: Han
- National Geographic Magazine: "The Han Dynasty" (2004)
Han Dynasty Background and Causes
Former Han Dynasty
- Wikipedia: Chang'an
- Washington State University: Former Han Dynasty
- Web Chronology Project: Western Han
Eastern Han Dynasty
- Wikipedia: Luoyang
- Washington State University: Later Han Dynasty
- Web Chronology Project: Eastern Han
Government
- Wikipedia: Government of the Han Dynasty
- China Knowledge: Han Dynasty Government, Administration and Law
- Quest for Peace: Han Government
Culture and Society
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: Han Dynasty
- Daoist Studies: A Short History of Daoism
- China Knowledge: Han Dynasty Science, Technology and Inventions
- China Knowledge: Chinese Literature: Shiji Records of the Grand Scribe
- Indiana University: The Canonization of Confucian Learning in the Han Dynasty
- People's Daily: "Jute Paper from Western Han Dynasty Discovered in Dunhuang" (2006)
Origins of the Silk Road
- Wikipedia: Silk Road
- UC Irvine: The Silk Road
- Silk Road Foundation: Table of Contents
- University of Washington: Silk Road Atlas
Han Dynasty Central Figures
Liu Bang
- Wikipedia: Liu Bang
- China Culture: Han Gaozu
- Three Kingdoms History: Liu Bang (Gaozu or Gaodi)
Emperor Wu of Han
- Wikipedia: Emperor Wu of Han China
- Silk Road: Han Emperor Wu-ti
- Web Chronology Project: Emperor Wu-ti
- People's Daily: "Facts and Flaws Make up Epic TV Tales" (2005)
Dong Zhuo
Han Dynasty Images and Media
- Google Image Search: Han Dynasty
- Yahoo! Image Search: Han Dynasty
- Live Search Images: Han Dynasty
- Flickr: Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty Books and Research
- Center for Early Christian Studies: "Did Christianity Reach China in the Han Dynasty?" (538KB)
- U.C. Irvine: "Slavery in China During the Former Han Dynasty" (1967) (110KB)
- University of Maine: Han Dynasty Bibliography
- Amazon: The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han
Han Dynasty Blogs and Message Boards
- China History Forum: When Did Paper Replace Bamboos in China?
- Above Top Secret: Romans in Han Dynasty
- Ancient Civilization: Eastern Han Dynasty
- Frog in a Well: Ancient Chinese Sex Advice
Han Dynasty Timeline
- 206 BC: Liu Bang is the first emperor of the Han Dynasty
- 145-90 BC: Sima Qian works on his Records of the Grand Historian
- 141 BC: Emperor Wu of Han takes control of the Han Dynasty
- 141 BC: Confucianism and the the examination system replaces Taoism
- 138 BC: Emperor Wu sends an envoy, Zhang Qian, opening the Silk Road
- 3 AD: Emperor Ping of Han introduces a national school system
- 9-24 AD: The Han Dynasty is briefly interrupted by the rule of Wang Mang
- 25 AD: Liu Xiu overthrows Wang Mang and establishes the Eastern Han Dynasty
- 50-121 AD: The eunuch, Cai Lun, leads the development of paper
- 78-139 AD: Zhang Heng invents the armillary sphere and seismometer
- 220 AD: Emperor Xian abdicates the throne, officially ending the Han Dynasty
