WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Emperor Wu repelled the invading barbarians (the Xiongnu, or Huns, a nomadic-pastoralist warrior people from the Eurasian steppe), and roughly doubled the size of the empire, claiming lands that included Korea, Manchuria, and even part of Turkistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Han dynasty was founded by the peasant rebel leader (Liu Bang), known posthumously as Emperor Gao (r. 202 –195 BC) or Gaodi. The longest reigning emperor of the dynasty was Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 BC), or Wudi, who reigned for 54 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Emperor Wu of Han was the seventh emperor as well as the most famous emperor of the Han. He came to power at the age of 16 and he reigned for 54 years. His reign was a time of prosperity, but he became despotic at the end of his life. The time of his long rule is thought of as the zenith of the Western Han Dynasty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wu-di was the strongest of all Han emperors, and his power and accomplishments rank with those of the First Emperor of the Qin. Wu-di restructured the government and the economy of the Han and enormously expanded the territory of China.

Detailed explanation-5: -Emperor Wu or the Wu Emperor (, lit. “The Martial Emperor") is the posthumous name of numerous Chinese rulers: Emperor Wu of Han (156–87 BC), emperor of the Han dynasty.