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  2. Wang Mang - Wikipedia

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    Wang Mang (45 BCE [1] – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun, officially known as the Shijianguo Emperor (始建國天帝), was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. [note 1] He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later seized the throne in 9 CE. The Han dynasty was restored ...

  3. Economy of the Han dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Wang Mang preserved these central government monopolies. When Eastern Han began, they were once again repealed, the industries given to local commandery governments and private entrepreneurs. [ 74 ] Emperor Zhang of Han (r. 75–88 AD) briefly reintroduced the central government monopolies on salt and iron from 85 to 88 AD, but abolished them ...

  4. Society and culture of the Han dynasty - Wikipedia

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    It was founded by Emperor Gaozu of Han and briefly interrupted by the regime of Wang Mang (r. 9–23 CE) who usurped the throne from a child Han emperor. The Han dynasty was an age of great economic, technological, cultural, and social progress in China.

  5. Xin dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Xin dynasty (/ ʃ ɪ n /; Chinese: 新朝; pinyin: Xīn Cháo; Wade–Giles: Hsin¹ Chʻao²), also known as Xin Mang (Chinese: 新莽) in Chinese historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty which lasted from 9 to 23 AD, established by the Han dynasty consort kin Wang Mang, who usurped the throne of the Emperor Ping of Han and the infant "crown prince" Liu Ying.

  6. Chinatown, Houston - Wikipedia

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    A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located. The Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District) defines it as being roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St to the South. [1]

  7. Huoluochaideng - Wikipedia

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    Over 150 pieces of clay coin models and 20 pieces of clay moulds were found in and around the kilns, as well as coins, ceramics, bronze and iron objects, stone tool, slag and animal bones. The coins are mostly issues of Wang Mang, in the first decades of the first century AD: daquan wushi, xiaoquan zhiyi, huoquan, banliang and wuzhu. The coin ...

  8. March Madness: Wan Wang of Worcester chosen Best ... - AOL

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    Wan Wang collected 55% of the 5,548 votes that were cast in the weeklong final round, which ended Sunday. The battle for the label of Best Chinese Restaurant began with 16 restaurants , based on ...

  9. Wang Lang (Xin dynasty) - Wikipedia

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    Wang Lang began his working life as a fortune teller, with expertise in astronomy and calendrics, who determined that Hebei had the qi of a Son of Heaven. Before Wang Mang established the Xin dynasty in AD 9, there was a man living in Chang'an named Liu Ziyu (刘子輿) who claimed to be the son of Emperor Cheng of Han. When Liu Ziyu was ...