WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -At the end of the Warring States period (475–221 BCE), the state of Qin conquered all other states and established the Qin dynasty. (221–206 BCE). It was China’s first unified state whose power was centralized instead of spread among different kingdoms in the north and south.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definitions of Qin dynasty. the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall. synonyms: Ch’in, Ch’in dynasty, Qin. type of: dynasty. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family.

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