Clay warrior head from Terracotta Army, Lintong, Shaanxi Province
Han Dynasty clay minature warior, Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Xian

SETTING THE SCENE

The year is somewhere between 100 and 150 AD.

You are living under the Eastern (or Later) Han Dynasty at the time of its greatest strength.

You and your family live in or near a small town (depending on which character you choose) somewhere between the two main cities of the period - Chang'an and Luoyang.

Your family has lived here for over 300 years and you have a strong family memory (oral tradition) of what it was like to live here under the Qin dynasty and under the early Han period as well as now.

Think about think about

Depending on who you choose to be, you have to think about where, when and how you would be working and for whom you would be working BEFORE you get past Step 4 in the How to complete your task section.

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