China was the first country in the world to make proper paper. Paper made during the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-16 AD) has been found in Gansu Province, Xi'an and other places in Shaanxi Province ...

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. During the Han ... an official named Cai Lun invented a technique for making fine paper, which is considered to have been a revolution ...

The Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) later advanced and further solidified this system. In 60 BC, the Han court established the Western Regions Frontier Command, adopting the "ruling according ...

Money has been made from a variety of materials over the years—from leather in China during the Han Dynasty, to shells, precious metals, cotton paper, and most recently, plastic. The materials reflect ...

Chinese archaeologists have reconstructed 6,000 composite armour scales unearthed from the tomb of Liu He – the deposed ninth emperor of the Han dynasty (206BC - AD220) – in the first ...