In 259BCE, Ying Zheng was born to a prince of the state of Qin in northwestern China ... fortifications to form the first 3,000km of the Great Wall. Zheng governed his vast empire using Legalism ...

Although the Qin dynasty lasted only 15 years, its era was highly productive: it unified not only the territory but also the currency, writing system, and units of weight and measurement. It was ...

The Great Wall stretches along ... Work started around 700BC, with the whole wall connected five centuries later under the reign of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. If his name rings ...

It is important to remember the Great Wall is great for a reason — it ... the influential ruler of the Qin dynasty, between 221-206 BCE (although some sources trace it way back to the 7th ...

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The Great Wall, Forbidden City and Terracotta Warriors ... Its Terracotta Warriors guard the 2000-year-old mausoleum of the first Qin emperor. Enduring attraction ... the Terracotta Warriors.

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(chuckling): Oh, that's great. Yeah. This piece ... I thought it was Ming dynasty, worth a million, but... it's Qin. It's still 100 years old. Yeah, it's old, but not valuable.