Eliminating the Xiongnu: good or bad for the Han Dynasty?

Update: 2021-04-26

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We know that China’s Han Dynasty consisted of the Western Han and the Eastern Han. The military and economic strength of the Western Han were stronger than those of the Eastern Han. But the Xiongnu, the almost life-long enemy of the Han, were eventually destroyed by the weaker Eastern Han instead of its more powerful predecessors.

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