Qin Dynasty

9/24/10
Period 2
Chris Guzman
Qin Dynasty

1. Beginning of Ying Zhengs reign. (Approximately 246 B.C.E.)
a. Ying Zheng came to superpower as leader of the Qin Dynasty at age 13 afterward the death of his supposed father.
i. Several plots arose to assassinate Ying Zheng including some by his own parents.
ii. Did not have full power over the region until the age of 22, when he rid himself of his predecessor, Lu Buwei, who was as well his probable real father.
b. Assassination attempts
i. Multiple were plotted against him, fifty-fifty by his own mother.
ii. Grew paranoid as a conduce of multiple assassination attempts, and in one instance is express to have banished all foreign scholars from his court as spies.
2. war-ridden States Period
a. The Han Kingdom fell to the power of the Qin in 230 B.C.E.
b. Zhao are invaded in 229 B.C.E
i. After an earthquake left the region unprepared and damaged, Ying Zheng took utility of this and invaded the region.
ii. The Zhao eventually fell to the power of the Qin in 222 B.C.E.
c. Wei fell in 225, followed by the Chu in 223, and Yan in 222.
d. The Qi were the last region to fall to the power of the Qin.
3.



Unified mainland China
a. After the unification of China in 221 B.C.E. Ying Zheng switched his name to Shi Huangdi (First Emperor) due to believing that his actions were greater than previous kings/rulers.
b. Unification of northern China wasnt the end of Shi Huangdis (Ying Zheng) reign however.
i. He continued to expand his boundaries to the south.
c. Created a aboriginal government that the empire could use.
i. Reorganized the bureaucracy, abolishing the existing nobility and regenerate them with his own appointed officials.
ii. Built a system of roadstead with the capital Xianyang at the hub.
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