Qin Shi Huang: The Great Wall Of China
Qin Shi Huang (260 - 210 BCE) was the first emperor of China. He was born in the state of Qin as a prince called Ying Zheng, also known as King Zheng of Qin during the Warring States Period. After Qin conquered all the warring states, he unified China at 221 BCE. To show how great he is, he didn’t use the title “King” which has been used previously by the ruler of Shang and Zhou, he ruled as the first emperor of Qin for 11 years(221 - 210 BCE). He self invented the title “ emperor” and would continue to be use by Chinese rulers for the next 2,000 years. Qin Shi Huang unified China from the warring states, create a strong government, standardized the Chinese system of measurement, writing, and currency, built the iconic Great Wall of China,
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The Great Wall is one of the greatest building in the world. It has total length of 5,500 miles. The purpose of building this wall was to protect China from the Xiongnu. This wall, for whose construction hundreds of thousands of men were mobilized, and an unknown number died, is a precursor to the current Great Wall of China. It connected numerous state walls which had been built during the previous four centuries, a network of small walls linking river defences to impassable cliffs. A famous South China quotation was "In the North there is the Great wall, in the South there is the Lingqu canal” In 214 BC the Emperor began the project of a major canal to transport supplies to the army The canal allows water transport between north and south China. The canal, 34 kilometres in length, links the Xiang River which flows into the Yangtze and the Li Jiang, which flows into the Pearl River. The canal connected two of China's major waterways and aided Qin's expansion into the south-west. The construction is considered one of the three great feats of Ancient Chinese engineering, the others being the Great Wall and the Sichuan Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Qin Shi Huang was one of the greatest emperor along the history of China. He has many achievements that have deeply influence the history of China. His achievements were remarkable. He led China to the great prosperity. Although Qin Shi Huang had many achievements, there are still many dispute whether he was positive or not due to his harshly rule and extreme thing that he
The Great Wall is one of the greatest building in the world. It has total length of 5,500 miles. The purpose of building this wall was to protect China from the Xiongnu. This wall, for whose construction hundreds of thousands of men were mobilized, and an unknown number died, is a precursor to the current Great Wall of China. It connected numerous state walls which had been built during the previous four centuries, a network of small walls linking river defences to impassable cliffs. A famous South China quotation was "In the North there is the Great wall, in the South there is the Lingqu canal” In 214 BC the Emperor began the project of a major canal to transport supplies to the army The canal allows water transport between north and south China. The canal, 34 kilometres in length, links the Xiang River which flows into the Yangtze and the Li Jiang, which flows into the Pearl River. The canal connected two of China's major waterways and aided Qin's expansion into the south-west. The construction is considered one of the three great feats of Ancient Chinese engineering, the others being the Great Wall and the Sichuan Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Qin Shi Huang was one of the greatest emperor along the history of China. He has many achievements that have deeply influence the history of China. His achievements were remarkable. He led China to the great prosperity. Although Qin Shi Huang had many achievements, there are still many dispute whether he was positive or not due to his harshly rule and extreme thing that he