HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
Question
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The Qin dynasty made alliances with other Asian nations while the Zhou dynasty remained isolated
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The Qin dynasty created a power sharing arrangement that allowed it to last much longer than the Zhou dynasty
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The Qin dynasty relied on a centralized system of control while the Zhou dynasty relied on a decentralized system
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The Qin dynasty set up a professional bureaucracy while the Zhou dynasty relied on hereditary succession
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Qin and Han were the first two dynasties of imperial China. The Qing dynasty, on the other hand, was the last dynasty of imperial China. After centuries of both development and foreign threats, the Qing would fall in 1911.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Qin government was highly bureaucratic, and was administered by a hierarchy of officials, all serving the First Emperor. The Qin put into practice the teachings of Han Feizi, allowing the First Emperor to control all of his territories, including those recently conquered.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Zhou Dynasty gave way to the confusion of the Warring States Period, a chaos out of which some foundational Chinese philosophies were formed. The Warring States period also resulted in the creation of the first unified Chinese state under the Qin Dynasty.