Han Dynasty Causes

The Han Empire was one of the strongest classical empires. It prevailed long before many others have fallen. The Han has achieved many things but for many reasons did not last. “all great things must come to an end”, and for the Han being such a great empire its reasons were lack of leadership, rebellions or civil wars, unstable religion, and being unable to protect themselves from outsiders.
It started when emperors Zhao, Xuan, and Yuan started to lose their powers in state affairs. [travelchinaguide.com]Going against choosing those on their abilities and instead on astronomy and fortune telling. The western Han went into a revolution and Wang Mang took the throne.[Wikipedia.org] Wang was later overthrown by peasants, and then a new emperor named Liu Xiu was put on the throne. Emperors of the Han dynasty where inconsistent and were constantly changing the ways and methods of the empire and the people. They were constantly being over thrown or dethroned and put on the throne. This made it hard for the people to trust and believe in their leaders and for leaders to rule and guide there people. Many times this would lead to the outcome of a revolution.
The people of the Han were getting sucked into tax loads, diseases, and floods. A
Han would supply the Nomads with goods, supplies, and princess in exchange for protection from other tribes. The Han dynasty soon began to run out of resources and the nomads began to raid the Han cities. Now the Han not only had to fend off the barbarians but also the nomads. Because of the outsiders attacking china wanted to create the great walls, which lead to the rapid increase in taxes causing the peasants to rebel. The barbarians and Han fought and ended up having the many casualties on both sides, but the barbarians had little to lose while the Han was left to