Qin Dynasty

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The Basics Lasted from 221 to 206 BC Used bureaucracy to form government Emperor: Qin Shihuangdi First centralized Chinese government

Basics Continued Ended the Warring States Period in China Home of the Terra-Cotta Warrior Located in North-Eastern China The Qin build the great wall of China

The Terra-Cotta Army

Modeled after the Qin Dynasty’s army The Terra-Cotta Army is a group of stone

statues There are over 7,000 human statues, and

about 4,000 stone horses. Discovered in 1974 In the yellow river valley Created to show power

Religion The Qin Emperor rejected Confucius thinking Burned Confucius texts and writings Taoism and Buddhism had not yet developed The Qin Dynasty embraced a governmental

philosophy called Legalism

Politics Qin was in full development from 476 to

221 B.C. Qin created a centralized bureaucratic

government The dynasty was broken into several states,

Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, Chu, and Qi. Each state used its own aristocratic system. 230-221 B.C.

The Downfall of Qin Three assassination attempts upon emperor

Qin Qin died in 210 B.C. even though he was

obsessed with life. It fell in 207 B.C. defeated by Xiang Yu

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