GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Huangdi
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Shi Huangdi
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Emperor Yu
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Liu Bang
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Detailed explanation-1: -Qin Shi Huang began a militarily-driven expansionist policy. In 229 B.C., the Qin seized Zhao territory and continued until they seized all five Zhou states to create a unified Chinese empire in 221 B.C.
Detailed explanation-2: -One by one, Qin Shi Huang defeated neighbouring states, swallowed their territory into his growing empire and enslaved and castrated their citizens. “Every time he captured people from another country, he castrated them in order to mark them and made them into slaves, ‘’ says Hong Kong University’s Xun Zhou.
Detailed explanation-3: -More measured punishments for specific levels of criminal behavior included, in descending order, castration, amputation of both feet, of the left foot, cutting off the nose, and tattooing the face. These were the five mutilating punishments.