#21 - Qin 2: One Nation Under Qin

The History of China

Chris Stewart

History

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2014

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The victor of the Warring States Period has unified China into its first Empire and taken the name Shi Huang Di. Thereafter, he will expand his borders, unify his nation's language, build a Great Wall to the north, and attempt to stave off death itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	Hello. Hello and welcome to the history of China. Episode 19, One Nation Under Chin.
1:15.0	Last time, we went over the dramatic, exciting and notably anticlimactic end of the warring states period.
1:25.0	Seriously, Chi, couldn't you have at least put up a little bit of a fight?
1:30.0	And to the final reunification of China under the King of Chi.
1:35.0	This time we look into the king who declared himself emperor and the feudal states that were forged into a lasting kingdom.
1:44.0	I speak of the man who would unify the Chinese language,
1:47.0	build the first great wall of China, and construct the terracotta warriors,
1:51.0	in that order, the first emperor of China of China, Chinshehang.
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