Qin Shi Huang

Marco Polo who was a Venetian merchant traveler lived in the Venice Republic. The travels of Marco Polo was recorded by Messer Rustichello of Pisa when Marco Polo was in prison in Genoa in 1298 (Polo Travels extract 1). As the book record, when Marco Polo stayed in China, The book records the Asian wonders and curiosities and Marco Polo’s journey and experience. “It is no exaggeration to say that never before or since has one man given such an immense body of new geographical knowledge to the…

Article 1- Ancient Chinese Military China’s military is one of the oldest ones in the world. To start, early chinese armies were made up of peasants with bows, spears, and stone maces. The Xia(2200 BCE-1600 BCE) developed massive infantry based armies and navies who battled mainly for the control of the rivers. They were the first to use the chariots and copper weapons. At first, the chariot was used by the nomads as a way to travel vast distances. However, over time, China started to develop…

Centuries later, Earth was forgotten. Its people hadn’t known what their early ancestors had gone through. The Smirx was supposed to stay hidden, but was recovered by local archaeologists mining for ancient artifacts. The archeologist was Brett Herman, a graduate at Harvard University who recovered other ancient artifacts around the Earth. Brett revealed it to the world; everyone was astounded. Since he was so rich, he lived in a huge mansion in Italy that even the president couldn’t afford…

The Shang Dynasty period was from 1600 BC to 1046 BC, it was located in northern China, around the Yellow River. Archaeologists had not found any evidence of the Shang Dynasty until they found oracle bones. Many achievements were made during this Dynasty, like using bronze to make their weapons, armor and tools. The Shang Dynasty was founded by a man named Cheng Tang, who eventually took over the Xia Dynasty. The people were polytheistic, meaning they believed in more than one god. Thus, the…

The Astonishing Tombs of Sipán Around 100 to 800 A.D., there was an ancient civilization that thrived on the north coast of Peru. This ancient civilization was called “Moche”. The civilization was believed to be a normal ancient civilization, but in 1987, artifacts of the Moche started showing up on the art market illegally. Later it was discovered that a group of grave robbers had looted these ancient royal tombs. With the help of the Peruvian police, Walter Alva set out to find these…

The Sui and Tang Dynasty Legacies In 581 C.E, after centuries of great turmoil, China was finally reunited under one ruler. Founded by Yang Jian, the short-lived Sui dynasty not only made great advances but laid the foundation for the highly formidable Tang dynasty that followed in 618 C.E. These two dynasties have left China with a rich legacy of innovation, including papermaking, woodblock printing and the Grand Canal. This time was the height of Chinese imperialism and is considered by many…

The Conception of the Anti-Hero Through the Myth of the Frontier Throughout history the frontier has been portrayed as a violent and turbulent boundary that served as the panicle of the new American opportunity. Soon after the formation of the thirteen colonies, social and political classes began to form and mold society for the American people. Ideology revolving around myths in individual social classes started to develop, in the hope of understanding what the frontier truly was, and…

Multi-disciplinary, diverse and pervasive, Chinese culture encompasses a firm foothold in Eastern Asia. One of the most intellectual cultures in the world, this culture is responsible for major advanced technologies that took place in history as well as today. The axial rudder, the navigational compass and the heavy ploy, all responsible for the Industrial revolution, in fact were outcomes of the Chinese cultural intellectuality. This helps establish the view that Chinese culture is an…

What helped the Qin Dynasty reunify China after the Era of the Warring States? After the era of the Warring States the Qin ruler managed to reunify the country by a combination of military force and administrative reorganization (pg176.) China became a unified empire after the six largest states surrendered or fell to Qin armies. `Shih Huang-di administrative gifts were tremendous and his personality defects were huge. The administration was unified on Legalist principles by the emperor who…

The China first Emperor was Qin Shihuang. Qin was born in 259BC he was the son of the king of the Qin states. Qin has left behind so many legacies like for instance The Great Wall of China. Till this day The Great Wall is still standing, and millions walk it every day. Qin was a cruel ruler; he killed people who didn’t like his ideas. He had a Dynasty that was called the Qin (Ch’in) Dynasty. Qin was only 13 when he took the throne to become the First Emperor of China. Qin Shihuang built the wall…