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Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
Nov. 28 Bell Ringer What 3
dynasties have come before the Qin
Dynasty? What was the Warring
States Period?
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
• Let's add onto our Dynasties Chart with
the Qin Dynasty!
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
• The Qin Emperor
– One of the strong states during the Warring States was the Qin.
– The Qin controlled China from the Huang He to the Chang Jiang.
– The Qin declared himself Qin Shihuangdi (sometimes referred to
as Qin Shihuangdi). This means the “First Qin Emperor”.
– Qin bought many changes to the Chinese government.
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
• How did Qin change China?
– Qin wanted to strengthen and unify China.
– He took direct control over China’s provinces.
– The governors under the Zhou had passed on positions to their
sons and relatives. Now, only the Qin had the power to appoint
the governors.
– Qin ruled with all control and swift, harsh punishment.
– Anyone who disagreed with him was punished or killed.
– Writings that displeased him were burned.
– Qin increased power of his government by appointing censors.
The censors’ job was to make sure the government workers did
their work.
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
• How did Qin change China?
– Qin created a currency, or type of money, that everyone has to use.
– He hired scholars to simplify and set rules for the Chinese writing
system.
– Building projects, including his own tomb. His tomb was so large that it
housed an army of life-sized clay soldiers and horses.
– Qin ordered thousands of farmers to build palaces, roads, dams, and a
huge canal.
• This canal connected the Chang Jiang in central China to the city of Guangzhou in
Southern China.
– Supplies were transported on the canal to soldiers in distant territories.
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
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• Why was the Great Wall built?
– Qin united the different parts of China into one empire and
wanted to keep the empire safe from invaders.
– Nomads lived in the Gobi Desert. They were known as the
Xiongnu.
– The Xiongnu were skilled warriors who fought on horseback and
attacked the Chinese settlements.
– Earlier Chinese rulers had constructed separate walls in the
north to keep out the Xiongnu.
– Qin had planned to have the walls joined and strengthened.
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
• More on the Great Wall
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Took several years to build the Great Wall
Thousands of farmers were forced to work on the wall.
Thousands died before the project was completed.
The Great Wall was built mainly on the northern slopes of mountains
using stone, sand, and rubble.
– The Qin did not build the wall that stands today.
– Today it consists of walls and towers during the Ming Dynasty beginning
in the late 1400s.
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
• The End of the Qin Rule
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In 221 B.C., Qin boasted his dynasty would rule China forever.
The Qin dynasty ended soon after Qin’s death in 210 B.C.
Aristocrats and farmers revolted against the harsh Qin rule.
Fighting erupted throughout China.
206 B.C., the Qin dynasty was over and a new dynasty arose.
Can you list the policies and achievements of emperor Shi Huang
during the Qin Dynasty?
• Terra-Cotta Warriors
– Draw a conclusion of what you think life was like under this
dynasty based on what you are seeing.