It saw the readoption of Confucianism as the imperial philosophy, replacing the Legalism of the preceding dynasty. A program of expansion under Wu Ti led to conquests into modern day Vietnam, Korea, and Uzbekistan. Imperial control was usurped in 7 AD by Wang Mang, but reestablished in 25 AD and continued until 220, when the dynasty was destroyed by the Yellow Turbans and 
It saw the readoption of Confucianism as the imperial philosophy, replacing the Legalism of the preceding dynasty. A program of expansion under Wu Ti led to conquests into modern day Vietnam, Korea, and Uzbekistan. Imperial control was usurped in 7 AD by Wang Mang, but reestablished in 25 AD and continued until 220, when the dynasty was destroyed by the Yellow Turbans and the Five Pecks of Rice revolts. FTP, name the Chinese dynasty, following the Qin ("chin"), which lent its name to the predominant ethnic group in China.
It saw the readoption of Confucianism as the imperial philosophy, replacing the Legalism of the preceding dynasty.
Han