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3 unusual facts about Qin dynasty


BYD Qin

The BYD Qin concept car was unveiled at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, and the car is named after China's first empire, the Qin Dynasty.

Iron Age China

600 BC and is taken to last until the rise of the Qin Dynasty in the 3rd century BC, ushering in the Early Imperial period.

Qin Empire

Qin Dynasty, the ruling dynasty in China between 221 and 206 BC


Adeline Yen Mah

A Thousand Pieces of Gold was published in 2002, and looks at events under the Qin and Han dynasties through Chinese proverbs and their origins in Sima Qian's history, Shiji.

Chinese nobility

Prior to the Qin dynasty, Wang (sovereign) was the title for the ruler of whole China.

Longnan

Longnan is very important in Chinese history: it was the home of Rong tribes that troubled the Shang and Zhou dynasties and is considered the homeland of the House of Ying, the family of the Qin dynasty that united China at the end of the Warring States period.

Rinan

In his Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian claimed the Qin Empire had spread so far as Rinan, where the houses faced north instead of south.

Taikang County

It was the hometown of Wu Guang, one of the peasant leaders of the rebellion against the Qin Dynasty.

Wu Guang

Wu Guang (died 208 BC) was a leader of the first rebellion against Qin Dynasty during the reign of the second Qin emperor Qin Er Shi.


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