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        <title><![CDATA[The period of disunion occurred after the collapse of the Han Dynasty...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The period of disunion occurred after the collapse of the Han Dynasty between 220 and 589. China was split into several rival kingdoms, each ruled by military leaders.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Periods of disunion are considered exceptions to the rule, flaws in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Periods of disunion are considered exceptions to the rule, flaws in cosmic order, by traditional Chinese thinkers because of the cultural assumption that the world should be united under the rule of the Son of Heaven. The core rationale of traditional Chinese government, ever since the early Zhou (c. 1025 BCE) has been the idea of the Mandate of Heaven. This holds that Heaven grants a single family the right to rule the human world on its...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 01:50:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What role did interactions between Chinese and non-Chinese people,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What role did interactions between Chinese and non-Chinese people, ideas, and polities have from the Period of Disunion down to the fall of the Qing?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The end of the Han dynasty was marked by the separation of the large...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The end of the Han dynasty was marked by the separation of the large families of that dynasty. The families took advantage of the weakened state of the government and started to establish their own private armies. Many dynasties were established during this time. This was a period of disunion.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is a period of disunion?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is a period of disunion?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:35:34 PST</pubDate>
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