What Is The Qin Dynasty

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Based on the title, this article is most likely about the Qin dynasty and how it was created, how it was ruled, the battles fought in the period, and how it ended. I have some previous knowledge on this topic from books I read. Emperor Qin unified some states and became the first emperor of China. Qin also started building the Great Wall of China. Since I lack previous knowledge, I don’t have an opinion on this topic. Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty was written Sima Qian and translated by Burton Watson. Mentioned in the previous article, Sima Qian is a famous historian from early China. He divided his writings into 5 sections: Basic Annals, Chronological Tables, Treatises, Heredity Houses, and Memoirs. Many later historians followed

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