The Han dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: Han chao) was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin dynasty (221207 BC) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220280 AD). Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history. To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the "Han people" and the Chinese script is referred to as "Han characters". It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han, and briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (923 AD) of the former regent Wang Mang. This interregnum separates the Han dynasty into two periods: the Western Han or Former Han (206 BC 9 AD) and the Eastern Han or Later Han (25220 AD).

The emperor was at the pinnacle of Han society. He presided over the Han government but shared power with both the nobility and appointed ministers who came largely from the scholarly gentry class. The Han Empire was divided into areas directly controlled by the central government using an innovation inherited from the Qin known as commanderies, and a number of semi-autonomous kingdoms. These kingdoms gradually lost all vestiges of their independence, particularly following the Rebellion of the Seven States. From the reign of Emperor Wu onward, the Chinese court officially sponsored Confucianism in education and court politics, synthesized with the cosmology of later scholars such as Dong Zhongshu. This policy endured until the fall of the Qing dynasty in AD 1911.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. The Han dynasty
2. China
3. the Qin dynasty
4. 221207 BC
5. the Three Kingdoms period
6. 220280 AD
7. The emperor
8. No
9. nobility and appointed ministers
10. the scholarly gentry class
11. over four centuries
12. No
13. a golden age in Chinese history.
14. China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the "Han people"
15. Yes
16. Chinese script is referred to as "Han characters".
17. the Rebellion of the Seven States.
18. Confucianism
19. AD 1911.
20. the Qing dynasty
1. What group is the 2nd to be prominent?
2. In what country?
3. What was before this one?
4. During what years?
5. And what was after?
6. During what years?
7. Who was at the center of the 2nd one?
8. Did he control everything unilaterally?
9. Who else helped control things?
10. Where were they from?
11. How long did the 2nd ones stick around?
12. Are they looked back on in disdain?
13. How then?
14. How do modern folks relate to them?
15. Does it carry over into writing?
16. How so?
17. What caused a bunch of mostly independent places to lose their autonomy?
18. Who was primarily referenced in teaching at that point?
19. Until when?
20. What ended along with it?