The Qin Dynasty and the Great Wall of China

Ancient History 221 BC Ancient 🇨🇳 China 7,958 views

In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang became the first emperor of a unified China, creating the administrative framework of a country that has endured for over two thousand years and beginning the construction of the Great Wall.

The First EmperorFor nearly 500 years, China had been divided among competing kingdoms in a period of perpetual warfare known as the Warring States period. The state of Qin, in the northwest, had gradually absorbed or conquered the others through relentless military expansion and ruthless realpoliti...

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