Government & Rulers
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In 202 B.C. Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and declared himself the first emperor of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bang created a centralized government, this is were central authority controls the running of the state hundreds of people called commanderies report back to central government. Liu Bang died in 195 B.C.
The Han Dynasty expanded but the goverment encouraged assimilation wich is making the defeated people part of the culture.