HAN DYNASTY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. DATE: Before 168 B.C. MATERIAL: Ink on silk. DIMENSIONS: 3 feet by 3 feet. FOUND: Hunan, China. In 168 B.C., a lacquer box containing three maps drawn on silk was ...

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. During the Han ... As contacts between the East and West increased, Buddhism spread to China in the first century. In 105, an official ...