Qin Dynasty

AN OVERVIEW

GOVERNMENT

PHILOSOPHY

The government of the Qin dynasty was a centralized, autocratic system that remained largely in place for the next two-thousand or so years, although...

Qin Shi Huangdi came to rule through legalism. Legalism ended the Warring States through forced labor and harsh control. They made the people...

WARFARE & EXPANSION

The Qin Dynasty lasted for 15 years from around 221 to 206 B.C.E. It controlled large land holdings in eastern China along the Pacific ocean. It was founded by...

TECHNOLOGY

Many artifacts recovered from the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi show just how

MORE ON THE QIN DYNASTY

The Great Wall of China - The First Emperor, who ruled during the Qin dynasty, built the beginnings of the great wall by ordering the many separate walls of the Warring States Period to be connected.
See source at bottom of page for more information.

Terracotta warriors and horses - About 8000 (and counting) figures of soldiers, archers, horses, and more were found in the First Emperor's burial site. This life-size army was meant to protect and serve the emperor in the afterlife. Notice the detail and the unique facial features and hair.
See source at bottom of page for more information.

IMAGE SOURCES (left to right, top to bottom; not including first four images, sources for those can be found on their respective pages):
Digital image. Great Wall of China. 2010. Accessed November 23, 2014. http://www.history.com/topics/great-wall-of-china.
Shea, Marilyn. Digital image. Terrcotta Warriors. March 2010. Accessed November 23, 2014. http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/Xian/pages/119_Xian_Terracotta_Warriors.html.
Shea, Marilyn. Digital image. Terrcotta Warriors. March 2010. Accessed November 23, 2014. http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/Xian/pages/119_Xian_Terracotta_Warriors.htmlhttp://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/Xian/pages/120_Xian_Terracotta_Warriors.html.