The han dynasty (202 b. c. – a. d. 8; a. d. 25-220) consisted of two parts called the first and second first and last former and latter

The correct answer is C: Former and Later.

Explanation:

The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of china, after the Qin dynasty, which empire last from 206 BC until 220 AD. This period of time was separeted in two, origining the periods known as the Western Han or Former, that took place between 206 BC and 9 AD, and the Eastern Han or Later, that took place between 25 AD to 220 AD. The space in the middle of the both periods was a time occupied by the regime of the Xin dynasty that eventually collapsed by a civil war and at the end made the Han capital moved eastward giving birth to the Eastern Han.  

answer; the period of time known as the middle ages;

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