The Han Dynasty came after the Qin Dynasty in 206 BCE. This dynasty returned peace after Qin Shi Huangdi's death. The first and only emperor of this dynasty was Liu Bang. He was a tiny bit crazy. Not in a bad way of course! Liu Bang decided to extend the great wall that Huangdi had started. I'm not going to lie, when we talked about it, it sounded like a great idea! First, Liu decided to expand the great wall to the west. He also made the distance between watch towers closer, the distance between them was now 1-3 miles. In some areas the distance was decreased to 500 yards between watch towers. This normally occurred where war and conflicts happened a lot. Watch towers now had stairs and rooms for food and soldiers to stay. People could also use flags, smoke, drums, and symbols to warn everyone else of enemies coming, different signals were used for different reasons. This all was quite genius, and made the great wall much more effective than it use to be. Many people were killed during the re-making of the wall. The wall built in the Han Dynasty looks like what the wall now looks like, just less eroded and less old and broken looking.
Than Han Dynasty also consumed and changed the east. In 184, there was a peasant rebellion and the Han Dynasty came to an end. The peace that had been created during this dynasty was over, and turmoil, once again, began.
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