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".

multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history — the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures ...

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 ...

In recent decades archaeologists in Shaanxi, China, have found artefacts evidencing new civilizations, many are on show at ...

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 ...

Thus began the short but influential Qin Dynasty, which initiated the construction ... Found in ancient tombs belonging to Zeng and Chu aristocrats, the collected artifacts include jade objects ...

The drama chronicles the life of Ba Qing, the wealthiest woman of the Qin Dynasty. She is known to have provided mercury for the first Emperor of China’s mausoleum, and also funded construction ...