WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Qin Dynasty established the first empire in China, starting with efforts in 230 B.C., during which the Qin leaders engulfed six Zhou Dynasty states. Their reign over Imperial China existed only briefly-from 221 to 206 B.C.-but the Qin Dynasty had a lasting cultural impact on the dynasties that followed.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is credited with building the Great Wall of China by uniting several preexisting defensive walls on the northern frontier; and reviled for a state-sponsored burning of Confucian works and other classics in 213 B.C.

Detailed explanation-3: -The wealthy merchant Lü Buwei assisted him in succeeding his father as the ruler of Qin, after which he became Zheng, King of Qin (). By the age of 38 in 221 BC, he had conquered all the other Warring States and unified all of China, and he ascended the throne as China’s first emperor.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Qin Dynasty was responsible for the construction of the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall marked national boundaries and acted as a defensive infrastructure to protect against invading nomadic tribes from the north. However, later dynasties were more expansionist and built beyond Qin’s original wall.

Detailed explanation-5: -China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was born on 18 February in 259 BC – that’s over 2, 200 years ago!