Emperor Guangwu of Han
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Emperor Guangwu of Han, personal name Liu Xiu, courtesy name Wenshu, was the founding emperor of the Chinese Eastern Han dynasty. Through the Eastern Han's suppression and conquest of regional warlord
Emperor Guangwu, as depicted by the Tang artist Yan Liben (600–673)
Eastern Han bronze chariot and cavalry figurines excavated from a tomb
An Eastern Han (25 AD-220 AD) mural showing a procession of chariots and cavalry, from the Dahuting Tomb of Zhengzhou, Henan province, China
An Eastern Han (25 AD-220 AD) Chinese ceramic figurine of a soldier with a missing spear
Wang Mang
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Wang Mang, courtesy name Jujun, officially titled the Shijianguo Emperor, was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Xin dynasty of imperial China. Originally an official and consort kin
Emperor Guangwu of Han
…folk religion began to decline. Liu Xiu was one of the many descendants of the Western Han imperial family. Following the usurpation of the throne by Wang Mang and the ensuing civil war during the disintegration of Wang's Xin dynasty, he emerged as one of several descendants of the fallen dynasty claiming the…
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A knife coin issued by Wang Mang