547-615 (206-138 BC) (L'Uniona Homanus)

Point of Divergence
There were three Dynasties in Sinica prior to the collapse of that system, they were the Xia, 夏, Sheng, 商, and the Zhao, 周. These Dynasties covered a very small amount of land but expanded into the Far East parts of Asia. The Zhao Dynasty collapsed under the bureaucrats and private interests in the Empire. This resulted in the Warring States Period from 278-532 AUC(475-221 BC) where the seven states of China, those of Yan,燕, Zhao, 赵, Qi, 齐, Wei, 魏, Han, 韩, Chu, 楚, and Qin,秦 competed for dominance in a series of endless wars. Any respite was quickly shattered by a resumption of conflicts. The Emperor Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇 united these states after expanding from his state of Qin to conquer the other six states.

The Point of Divergence here is the length of the reign of Qin Shi Huang. In OTL the Emperor died in the year 522 (221 BC) and was succeeded by Qin Er Shi 秦二世 and his repression of the people, continued from the previous Emperor, was greatly disapproved. Qin Er Shi was able to crush the rebellions of the royal families of the former states of Yan, Zhao, Qi and Wei but they left his administration and the country in turmoil. The State of Chu was rebuilt under the reign of King Huai II and another general who had competed, and lost, the favor of King Huai II, who had later become Emperor Yi of Chu, 楚義帝, in a race to arrive in and be declared King of Guangzhao 广州, Canton. The name of the losing general was Liu Bang and he established the Han Dynasty in the areas that were not controlled by Chu. Liu Bang was named Emperor Gaozu 高祖 after Chu surrendered and he was able to rule a reunified China from the year 547-558 (206-220 BC).

Emperor Gaozu made many innovations in the Empire and expanded it greatly into the areas around the formerly warring states. He also started much more trade with the people outside of China, such as the people of India and of Rome even further.

The Han Dynasty.
Established by Emperor Gaozu, the Han dynasty lasted much longer than the precedent that came before it of the short lived Qin Dynasties and the even shorter lived Chu dynasty. Emperess Dowager Lu survived after Gaozu's death from illness and had her second son made Emperor in the year 543 (210 BC). His reign, as Emperor Hui 惠, was rather uneventful with things progressing as normal within his administration. outisde of his court however these were revolutionary times in the Han Empire.

The Printing press, porcelain, and the smelting of cast iron were all innovations from around of after the time of Emperor Hui. The ideas of Sun Tsu on the Art of War spread throughout the east asian world as well as did literacy, following the standardization of the Sinican Language by Qin Shi Huang earlier.

The Hand Dynasty also moved to make many innovations in the philosophies that had been destroyed during the purges of the Qin Dynasty. Not only were Confuscianism and Taoism expanded but the idea of Manifest Destiny, that Sinica ought to control the entirety of the world, made many gains in the politics of the Empire.

The Death of Emperor Hui was a natural and uneventful one, he was neither hated nor beloved. He was succeeded by his oldest son Liu Gong 劉恭 and was named Emperor Qianshao 前少 who was influenced gratly by these earlier developments in technology and politics. Hui neverspent time much with his son and so he was left to Hui's ministers and his mother, a concubine. They were very well read and very influential in the Empire and influenced him in their many discussions with the curious and intellectual youth. The most influential of the new schools of thought under that rose to greatness durign the very tolerant Han Dynasty were Expansionism and Militarism. These were by far the favorite of Emperor Quianshao.