Han China joined farms, towns, markets, officials, and long-distance routes across a vast empire. Tomb models, written records, tools, and artifacts reveal how households met the state through taxes, labor, military service, local government, and expanding exchange. Inside this episode: - Farms and household production - County government, taxes, and labor - Markets, roads, and frontier exchange - What tomb models reveal and conceal Sources include The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Smithsonian resources on Han agriculture, administration, tomb objects, trade, and everyday material life. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Correcti ...