Jiang Shi

China created an empire extremely similar to the Roman empire discussed in Chapter 5. The only difference being, the Chinese empire was put together using several large armies, which forced their way into new territories. The Qin and Han rulers in China founded this empire. During 221 BCE the state of Qin helped unify China by defeating a main rival of the empire. After this, the king of Qin eventually began to rule all of China, being know as the "first emperor." To help all the states to become

more than 13,000 miles across northern China, it has become one of the most visited places in the world. The construction of this famous wall began under the Qin Dynasty. Shi Huangdi, (Emperor of Qin), had believed that the wall would defend the northern border against the Xiongnu, also called Mongols. Many would say that Shi Huangdi was more interested in himself than in the good of his own people. Huangdi forced labor among thousands of peasants and soldiers living in the dynasty. After the Qin

A cruel emporer who sent his own people to die, for a wall which is just as protective as paper against fire, a wall that still couldn´t save the dynasty from falling. The Qin in 221 BCE and Han in 206 BCE commanded the construction of a grand wall using forced labor. They wanted to keep the Xiongnu who lived on chinaś northern border out and for good. They constructed this wall with hang’tu or pounded earth, by making a frame then pounding dirt in between the frame and finally removing the frame

have standardized the writing system, money, measurements, and built a lot of infrastructures. Their large-scale construction projects helped to flourish later. The Qin court gained control and established the Qin family. King Cheng called himself Qin Shi Huangdi and that means "the first emperor of Qin." In order to strengthen their empire, the priority of authority and standardization of the different peoples they conquered was one of their priorities 4) Document 4: Women had very different roles

The archaeologists brought all the remains of Queen Rosalina and King Kastan to North America in Washington D.C. in the Smithsonian Museum. The archaeologist translate the text from the golden coffin and place it next to the Italian text. It was the first day for the legend of King Kastan and Queen Rosalina exhibit to open. A young man named Don age 21, a senior student from Yale University came to see this legendary exhibit. In this exhibit there was a golden coffin that caught Don attention. He

Qin Shi Huang was perhaps too heavy-handed in his approach to maintaining power – he abolished noble houses, divided up country, and sent his own officials to administrate each prefecture. He forced well-known, wealthy families to move closer to the capital

Statues were carved from jade and ivory. Dishes were made from kaolin, a white clay (Spielvogel 283). Ancient Chinese people fished in the many rivers, but later farming became very important to them. They farmed along three rivers, the Huang He, Chang Jiang, and the Yangtze river where the soil was very rich. (Lambert 16). Farmers worked for the aristocrats growing wheat and millet in the north, and rice in the south (Lambert 14, Spielvogel 282). Everything was done by hand including the planting and

China during the classical period, a span of time stretching from 1000 B.C.E.-500 C.E., was ruled by many families, each having their own dynasty. The very first dynasty of this period was the Zhou, coming into power after overthrowing the Shang. The last Shang emperor, Di Xin, had essentially abandoned matters of the state in favor of hedonistic activities, using tax money to fund them and therefore becoming very unpopular. This caused the Zhou uprising which led to the establishment of the Mandate

In China, after the fall of the classical period, it was put in a state of chaos and confusion since there was no apparent ruler. There were different leaders that would take place for when China would restore its power, and there were mainly three—the Sui, Tang, and Song, in that particular order. China was revived in the 6th century but was abused for about four centuries. The Sui dynasty began to rise because of a fight against Chinese control during early 580. Wendi, a northern Chinese noble

The Zhou dynasty’s decline allowed city-states to rise in power. This culminated with the Warring States period and the rise of the Qin dynasty. The King of the Qin, Shi Huangdi, established himself as the first Emperor of unitary China. The Emperor used the mountain inscriptions to describe his achievements and justify his rule. How the Qin Emperor defines his rule allows for effective comparison between China, Rome and Babylon. The mountain inscriptions reveal the effect that the Warring States