Transcript Qin - Droosan

Aayushi, Anahita, Grant, Hummad
Prince Zheng (A.K.A. Emperor Qin
Shihuangdi)
Prince Zheng was born in the royal family of
the state Qin, in 259 B.C.E. When he was 13,
in the year 221 B.C.E, he became king in the
state of Zhou. He was very motivated, yet at
the same time violent and aggressive. With
these characteristics, he gained power of all
of China.
Standardizing Qin
Standardizing means to make the same.
Emperor Qin wanted all of China to live by the
same rules, laws, and have the same heritage.
He changed rules, such as “widows (women
whose spouse died) cannot remarry.” If any of
these rules were broken, there were harsh
consequences such as forced labor, whippings
and beheadings. Emperor Qin also changed the
money to metal coins with holes in them so you
could carry around many. He even classified the
Chinese writing to 9,000 characters.
The Great Wall
The Great Wall was built as an order by Emperor Qin.
It was first called the “10,000 Li Long Wall”. A “li”
is approximately three tenths of a mile. It was
built along the Northern borders to protect Qin
from Northern Invaders. 300,000 men worked on
the Great Wall for 10 years in very demanding
situations, because of China’s climate and physical
features the wall had to cross. The Great Wall
succeeded very well because the nomads with
horses could not cross over. Later it was found
that thousands of people died while working on the
wall and were buried there. Most parts of the
Great Wall were built later, way after the Qin
dynasty.
Confucians
The Confucians were a group of people in China
who considered proper behavior, manners very
unlike what Emperor Qin had in mind which
severe and unfair laws. As you can tell they
don’t get along so well which is probably why
Emperor Qin executed 460 Confucians
because they protested against him. It all
began in the year 213 B.C.E.
The Conflict
Just a criticism would mean a lot to Emperor
Qin. He took it very seriously once when a
Confucian told Li Su (the emperor’s advisor)
about how if his laws were this harsh, his
dynasty would not last. The trustworthy Li
told the emperor and of course, the Emperor
got irate and demanded all of the Confucian
books to be burned at the Capital City. The
Confucians who violated the order would get
their faces tattooed and be forced into labor.
Some were beheaded or buried alive. China
was stunned at the emperor and his atrocious
new laws.
Qin’s Death
Even with the emperor’s numerous accomplishments,
he just wasn’t pleased. He didn’t want to die either,
so he asked magicians how he could be immortal,
and they sent him to East China to get a potion but
he never found it. Sadly, in 210 B.C.E. he
unexpectedly died, after ruling for 10 years. People
are guessing he was poisoned. He was buried under
a ginormous tomb that just about 700,000 worked
built. His treasures weren’t found until 1974 C.E.
There were things like tools, jewels and a terra
cotta which was a clay object which had 6,000 lifesized archers, foot soldiers, chariot drivers,
horses, etc. Astonishingly, not two people are the
same.
The End of Qin
Instead of lasting 10,000 years like the
Emperor thought it would, it only lasted a
couple years after he died. He still impacted a
lot of China, mostly because of the wars he
created. Lots of wars happened after he died,
but finally, in 206 B.C.E., Liu Bang created the
Han Dynasty.
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Bibliography
• History Alive! The Ancient World
• Clip Art Images www.clipartof.com
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• Translator www.igoogle.com/ig
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