During the Han period expression was given to the most vital of human concerns.

The most notable invention of the Han period was paper which spawned two new types of arts.

Similar burial customs have not been found associated with the latter Han period.

Two forms of mass conscription existed during the Han period.

During the Western Han period, conscripted peasants were organized into work teams consisting of over a hundred thousand laborers.

County, North sea (北海郡)，an administrative division during the Western Han period.

The types of clothing worn and the materials used during the Han period depended upon social class.

The use of eye beads in burials rapidly declined at the beginning of the Western Han period.

After the Han period, this system was replaced by the nine-rank system, a similar means of recruiting officials through recommendation.

The idea of the Great peace became especially more prominent during the Han period.