Qin Shi Huang became the first emperor of China in the year 221 BC and died in 210 BC. His real name was actually Ying or Zhao Zheng before he changed it, and he was only 13 when he became king. Before Zheng officially became of age to be emperor in 238 BC, Lü Buwei was head of the government. Two of Zheng’s first acts as the leader of China were in fact to exile Lü and execute his own mother’s lover, who had later joined the opposition. Proud of his accomplishments, Zheng gave himself the title, Shihuangdi, meaning “First Sovereign Emperor”. Ancient China developed around the Yellow River and went through a series of different weather types- from sandstorms to rain, and scorching heat to heavy snowfall. The wealthier people of China such as the merchants and nobles had quite easy and enjoyable lives, but it was quite the opposite for those who had less money to go off of.
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Most of the Ancient Chinese worked as farmers who supplied food for their villages, but they had to work for the government for around one month every year, and give a percentage of their grown crops as
Most of the Ancient Chinese worked as farmers who supplied food for their villages, but they had to work for the government for around one month every year, and give a percentage of their grown crops as