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The Birth of the Middle Kingdom
               中国
   The first emperor of the Qin dynasty was
    Qin Shi Huang, he started as the ruler of
    the state of Qin and eventually conquered
    the other warring states that had been left
    behind by the Chou dynasty. This unified
    China was larger than it had ever been.
   This laid the basis for modern China. In
    this respect Qin can be seen as the
    Chinese equivalent of King Alfred who
    unified England in the ninth centaury ad.
   The Qin dynasty not only unified China,
    the emperors also went about, but also
    standardized weights, writing and           The area controlled by the
    measurements.                               Qin dynasty.
   During this period all schools were destroyed and
    only legalism was authorized by the emperor.
   In 213 BCE all books opposing the Qin dynasty’s
    way of thinking were burnt and the only copies
    left were in the imperial library.
   In addition after hearing that some scholars
    complained about his arrogance he burned all 460
    of the alive.
   The Emperor’s felt that the only way to keep their
    empires together was to have all their subjects
    thinking in the same way.
   The great wall of China was extended, linked
    and fortified by Qin Shi Huang. However most
    of the changes he made cannot be seen today.
   The great wall of China was built to keep out
    barbarians in the north.
   However the great wall caused a lot of loss of
    life as well as saving it. It is estimated that
    hundreds of thousands died in it’s
    construction.
   Qin was a very superstitious man. Through his constant
    fighting he had made many enemies and he feared their
    vengeance in the afterlife, so he built The Terracotta Army.
   The Terracotta Army was a collection of rows upon rows of
    terracotta statues. They were armed with the best weapons
    available at the time and Qin even recruited the best
    artificers to make their weapons. As well as this his army
    was not just long lines of clones, he had different faces
    distributed around as well as having officers and cavalry
    built.
   In the end Qin was killed by his own superstition. He
    ordered the finest doctors and scientists of the time to make
    him an elixir of eternal life. However one person found
    mercury in the south of China and Qin was killed by traces
    of mercury in tablets he was given.
The Terracotta Army. Note the
different faces and hands that
would have grasped real weapons.
   The Qin dynasty built up Xi’an as the first capital
    of ancient China. The walls they built around it can
    still be seen today.
   China’s traditions of conformism, centralisation,
    repression of civil liberties and draconian laws can
    al trace their origins to Qin. This can ultimately be
    seen by the fact they have a communist society.
   However Qin built institutions that maintained
    stability and peace in China that protected human
    life in the long run and allowed is culture and
    economy to grow.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dynasty/qin.html
   http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/qin/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China#Early_walls
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang

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Qin dynasty

  • 1. The Birth of the Middle Kingdom 中国
  • 2. The first emperor of the Qin dynasty was Qin Shi Huang, he started as the ruler of the state of Qin and eventually conquered the other warring states that had been left behind by the Chou dynasty. This unified China was larger than it had ever been.  This laid the basis for modern China. In this respect Qin can be seen as the Chinese equivalent of King Alfred who unified England in the ninth centaury ad.  The Qin dynasty not only unified China, the emperors also went about, but also standardized weights, writing and The area controlled by the measurements. Qin dynasty.
  • 3. During this period all schools were destroyed and only legalism was authorized by the emperor.  In 213 BCE all books opposing the Qin dynasty’s way of thinking were burnt and the only copies left were in the imperial library.  In addition after hearing that some scholars complained about his arrogance he burned all 460 of the alive.  The Emperor’s felt that the only way to keep their empires together was to have all their subjects thinking in the same way.
  • 4. The great wall of China was extended, linked and fortified by Qin Shi Huang. However most of the changes he made cannot be seen today.  The great wall of China was built to keep out barbarians in the north.  However the great wall caused a lot of loss of life as well as saving it. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands died in it’s construction.
  • 5. Qin was a very superstitious man. Through his constant fighting he had made many enemies and he feared their vengeance in the afterlife, so he built The Terracotta Army.  The Terracotta Army was a collection of rows upon rows of terracotta statues. They were armed with the best weapons available at the time and Qin even recruited the best artificers to make their weapons. As well as this his army was not just long lines of clones, he had different faces distributed around as well as having officers and cavalry built.  In the end Qin was killed by his own superstition. He ordered the finest doctors and scientists of the time to make him an elixir of eternal life. However one person found mercury in the south of China and Qin was killed by traces of mercury in tablets he was given.
  • 6. The Terracotta Army. Note the different faces and hands that would have grasped real weapons.
  • 7. The Qin dynasty built up Xi’an as the first capital of ancient China. The walls they built around it can still be seen today.  China’s traditions of conformism, centralisation, repression of civil liberties and draconian laws can al trace their origins to Qin. This can ultimately be seen by the fact they have a communist society.  However Qin built institutions that maintained stability and peace in China that protected human life in the long run and allowed is culture and economy to grow.
  • 8. http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dynasty/qin.html  http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/qin/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China#Early_walls  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang