While the Qin dynasty collapsed in 207 BCE ... when his generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing penetrated deep into enemy territory (the latter reaching the shores of Lake Baikal) before combining ...

Here's the frightening reason archaeologists will never open the tomb of China's first Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. While there ...

multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history—the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or “First Emperor of Qin.” He standardized the written script, weights and ...

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".

History records that Liu was given his own territory (Han), but later overthrew ... than their life-sized Qin Dynasty counterparts in Xi’an. But many experts have argued that they are far ...

The Qin dynasty terracotta warriors from Emperor Qin Shihuang’s tomb are some of the most significant and well-known Chinese relics, and now there’s a chance to see part of the 8,000-strong ...

In 221 BC, Ying Zheng, first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, put an end to the 250-odd years of rivalry among the independent principalities during the Warring States Period, and established the first ...