HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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a statue of himself
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a fortress
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The Great Wall
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a model of a dinosaur
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Detailed explanation-1: -The general who led Qin to victory was King Ying Zheng who took the name ‘Qin Shi Huangdi’ (First Emperor) after conquering the other states. Shi Huangdi ordered construction of the Great Wall to consolidate his empire and protect it against invasion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Around 220 B.C.E., Qin Shi Huang, also called the First Emperor, united China. He masterminded the process of uniting the existing walls into one. At that time, rammed earth and wood made up most of the wall.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Qin dynasty left two architectural monuments of massive proportions-one the Great Wall of China, which actually connected sections of a number of existing short walls, and the other a great palace for the first emperor, which contained a hall of state some 1, 500 feet (450 metres) square.
Detailed explanation-4: -At that time, Yan, Zhao, and Qin states were often harassed by the powerful northern nomadic tribes, and they built walls and stationed troops on garrisons along their northern borders. Construction of the series of Great Walls thus began.