In order to consolidate the nascent empire, Qin Shi Huang reformed politics, economy and culture. In politics, he abolished the hereditary vassal enfeoffment system and established prefectures and counties, ruled directly by the emperor. Based on the original rules of the Qin State, the emperor ad...
Huang consolidated all the warring states and unified them into a single empire. The rulers before him had borne the title of king, but he took up the title of the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty. Qin Shi Huang was born as Ying Zheng, the eldest son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, a ...
China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, accomplished staggering feats, but could also be draconian. Here are his top achievements and faults.
Qin Shi Huang's Empire did not outlast him long. His second son and Prime Minister tricked the heir, Fusu, into committing suicide. The second son, Huhai, seized power. However, widespread unrest (led by the remnants of the warring states' nobility) threw the empire into disarray. In 2...
After securing territories to the north, Shi Huangdi sends the majority of his army south to conquer southern tribes. He greatly expands the southern territories of the empire. 214 BCConstruction begins on the Grand Canal.(214 BCE) During his campaigns to the south, Shi Huangdi commences constru...
could thwart consolidation of an empire that eventually stretched from parts of present-daySichuanin the west to coastal regions along theEast China Sea. Having unified the entire civilized world as he knew it, Ying Zheng in 221 B.C.E. renamed himself, adopting the title ofhuangdi, or ...