The Qin dynasty (/tʃɪn/) was the first dynasty of Imperial China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, which was a fief of the confederal Zhou...
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Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation; February 259 – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. Rather than...
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Qin, known as the Former Qin and Fu Qin (苻秦) in historiography, was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Fu (Pu) clan of the Di peoples during the Sixteen...
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Qin (/tʃɪn/, or Ch'in) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. It is traditionally dated to 897 BC. The Qin state originated from a reconquest...
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Ancient Chinese coinage (redirect from Qin dynasty coinage)
first introduced around 350 BCE. The beginning of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE), the first dynasty to unify China, saw the introduction of a standardised...
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Ziying, King of Qin (Chinese: 秦王子嬰; pinyin: Qín-wáng Zǐyīng, died c. January 206 BC), was the third and last ruler of the Qin dynasty of China. He ruled...
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Qin Er Shi (230/222 – 207 BC), given name Ying Huhai, was the second emperor of the Chinese Qin dynasty, reigning from 210 to 207 BC. The son of Qin Shi...
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first emperor. He was posthumously honored as Taishang Huang by the Qin dynasty. Yiren was born to Lord Anguo, the second son and heir apparent of King...
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and 221 BC, Qin had developed into one of the most powerful of China's Seven Warring States that coalesced in the wake of the Zhou dynasty's decline, by...
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great-great-grandfather of Li Guang, a Han dynasty general. As a son of the governor of Nanjun Commandery, Li Yao, he served during Qin Shi Huang's reign, initially...
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Qin Hui or Qin Kuai (January 17, 1091 – November 18, 1155) was a Chinese politician. He was a Chancellor of the Song dynasty in Chinese history. He was...
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establishment of the Qin dynasty in 221 BC is also referred to as the Predynastic Qin or Proto-Qin. The rise and fall of dynasties is a prominent feature...
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Chinese military General from the State of Qin during the Warring States period. Under his command, the Qin army conquered the states of Zhao, Yan, and...
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History of the Great Wall of China (redirect from Qin Great Wall)
were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from...
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military general of the Qin dynasty. When uprisings erupted throughout China during the reign of Qin Er Shi, Zhang Han led the Qin armies and successfully...
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The BYD Qin (Chinese: 比亚迪秦, after the Qin dynasty) is a series of compact and mid-size sedans produced by BYD Auto since 2012. The Qin started out as the...
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of the First Qin Emperor (Chinese: 秦始皇陵; pinyin: Qínshǐhuáng Líng) is the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty. It is located...
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Qin state (9th century BC – 221 BC) and dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). Early Warring States period Qin campaigns against the Warring States Qin dynasty Zhengguo...
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Commandery (China) (section Qin dynasty)
these, some Qin commanderies were continued, placed under a governor appointed directly by the central government. By the Eastern Han dynasty, the commanderies...
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that saw the state of Qin annex each of the other contender states by 221 BC and found the Qin dynasty, the first imperial dynastic state in East Asian...
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Qin Wang (秦王, King/Prince of Qin or King/Prince Qin) may refer to: King Huiwen of Qin, ruled 338 BC – 311 BC, son of Duke Xiao of Qin King Wu of Qin, ruled...
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Qin, known in historiography as the Later Qin (simplified Chinese: 后秦; traditional Chinese: 後秦; pinyin: Hòuqín; 384–417) or Yao Qin (姚秦), was a dynastic...
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Qin dynasty in 221 BCE until the end of the Sixteen Kingdoms period. The Qin dynasty (秦朝) was established in 221 BCE after Qin Shi Huang, King of Qin...
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relations of Imperial China from the Qin dynasty until the Qing dynasty encompassed many situations as the fortunes of dynasties rose and fell. Chinese culture...
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Han Chinese (section Qin dynasty)
China were acquired through conquest and colonization during the Qin and Han dynasty. Han Chinese people and culture then spread south from the northern...
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excursions before the Qin finally defeated the Yue in 214 BC. After Qin Shi Huang defeated the state of Chu in 223 BC, the nascent Qin dynasty in 221 BC undertook...
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Qin may refer to: Qin (state) (秦), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China Qin dynasty (秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended...
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History of canals in China (section Qin dynasty)
are known as “The three great hydraulic engineering projects of the Qin dynasty”. During the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BCE), General Xiao He used the...
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Burning of books and burying of scholars (redirect from Qin Shi Huang's biblioclasm)
"If you take our life, Heaven will take the life of your dynasty." Modern scholars agree that Qin Shi Huang gathered and destroyed many works that he regarded...
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Ancient Chinese states (redirect from List of Zhou Dynasty states)
Chinese: 诸侯国; pinyin: Zhūhóu guó) were dynastic polities of China within and without the Zhou cultural sphere prior to Qin's wars of unification. They ranged...
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