Ancient China QIN Dynasty Why is Qin Shi
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Ancient China QIN Dynasty
Why is Qin Shi Huang Di considered an important figure in ancient Chinese history?
What steps did Qin Shi Huang Di take to unify China? • Huge army and conquered rivals • Divided country into commendaries to help rule (a bureaucracy). • Took away weapons from feudal lords • Forced Lords to move to his capital to keep an eye on them. • Built roads and canals to help unify China
What aspects of Chinese culture did QSHD standardize? • Complex writing system and forced people to use it. • Standardized measuring system • Standardized the coin with a hole in the middle of it. • Standardized laws with harsh punishments • Advanced Roads and Pillars with messages.
Book Burnings Confucian ideas challenged Qin’s rule Scholars criticisms could lead to the empire’s downfall. Qin was a Legalist Scholars who disobeyed received a facial tattoo and sent to forced labor. Why was there conflict between Qin Shi Haung Di and Confucian scholars?
Why did QSHD force his subjects to build an enormous wall in northern China? • To prevent invasion. • Forced thousands of workers to build the wall • It did not keep invaders out.
What is unique about the death and burial of QSHD? • After he died, lots of people helped build his tomb. • Died trying to find a potion for immortality • 700, 000 workers worked on his tomb • Buried with thousands of Terra Cotta warriors…his army for the afterlife.
