Archaeologists uncovered 200 ancient tombs in China, offering new insights into early life in the region during the Qin and ...

marking the end of the Qin dynasty. In 206 BCE, Xiang Yu established himself as Protector-King of Western Chu, supported by more than a dozen subordinate kings. He was soon challenged by Liu Bang ...

multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history—the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or “First Emperor of Qin.” He standardized the written script, weights and ...

and Zheng proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huangdi or "First Sovereign Emperor of the Qin Dynasty". He called the united empire "Qin", which many academics believe is the origin of the name "China".

when the state of Qin conquered all other states and established the Qin dynasty. The famous Great Wall of China actually consists of multiple fortifications, built in a piecemeal fashion between ...

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne. More than 700,000 laborers worked on ...

Because of his tyranny and excessive tax collections the Qin Dynasty ended soon after his death. Portrait of Emperor Qinshihuang As the first huge ancient mausoleum in China, with a river in front ...

In 221BC, the Qin dynasty unified China. But what was so significant about this event that occurred over 2,200 years ago? After all, the Chinese nation splintered and reunified multiple times ...