WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Qin Shi Huang standardized writing, a crucial factor in the overcoming of cultural barriers between provinces, and unifying the empire. He also standardized systems of currency, weights, and measures, and conducted a census of his people. He established elaborate postal and irrigation systems, and built great highways.

Detailed explanation-2: -Qin Shihuang also standardized the Chinese script, currency, and system of measurements, and expanded the network of roads and canals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although it lasted only about fifteen years, the Qin dynasty greatly influenced the next two thousand years of Chinese history. The first emperor of Qin, known as Qin Shihuangdi (literally “First Emperor, ‘’ 259–210 BCE), instituted a central and systematic bureaucracy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Standardization: Qin introduced one system of weights, measures, money, written language, and laws. To unify China, Qin knew it was essential to have just one system of weights and measures and of money, and to have a standard written language. He minted coins.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main achievement of the Qin is the fact that it unified China, creating the first dynasty ruled by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Other well-known achievements is the creation of the Great Wall and a large army of Terracotta Warriors.