The Later Han Dynasty could refer to two dynasties in China:

• The Eastern Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 9)
• Later Han Dynasty (Five Dynasties), a dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (936–947)

The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Later Han Dynasty ( Simplified Chinese 后汉 Traditional Chinese 後漢 Pinyin Hòu Hàn was founded in 947 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms ( 907-960 was an era of political upheaval in China, beginning in the Tang Dynasty and ending in the Song Dynasty.

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