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Qin Shi Huang (“First Sovereign Emperor”), emperor (reigned 221–210 BCE) of the Qin dynasty and creator of the first unified Chinese empire. Learn more about his life, death, and huge burial complex, which includes a life-size terra-cotta army, in this article.
Qin Shi Huang (259 – 210 BC), also known as Ying Zheng or Shi Huangdi, is the first emperor of China after unifying the vassal states. Throughout his legendary lifetime, Qin Shi Huang had accomplished many groundbreaking reforms and ordered the construction of some famous structures including the Great Wall and Lingqu Canal .
Qin Shi Huangdi, the first Qin Emperor, was a brutal ruler who unified ancient China and laid the foundation for the Great Wall. China already had a long history by the time its states were...
Shi Huangdi (l.259-210 BCE/r.221-210 BCE, also known as Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shih Huandi, Shi Huangti or Shih Huan-ti) was the first emperor of a unified China. Shi Huangdi means `First Emperor' and is a title, not a proper name.
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation ⓘ; February 259 [e] – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. [9] Rather than maintain the title of "king" (wáng 王) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he assumed the invented title of "emperor" (huángdì 皇帝), which would see ...
Qin Shi Huang. As the ruler of Qin, Ying Zheng took the name Qin Shi Huang Di (“first emperor of Qin”), which brings together the words for “Mythical Ruler” and “God.”
Qin tomb, major Chinese archaeological site near the ancient capital city of Chang’an, now near the modern city of Xi’an. It is the burial site of the emperor Shihuangdi and is perhaps best known as the location where 8,000 life-size terra-cotta warriors were discovered in 1974.
The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy. Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum holds an estimated 8,000 terra-cotta...
He, together with his minister Li Si, completed the Qin conquests and in 221 created the Qin empire. Ying Zheng proclaimed himself Qin Shihuangdi (“First Sovereign Emperor of Qin”).
Qin Shi Huang (November / December 260 B.C.E. – September 10, 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 B.C.E. to 221 B.C.E. (officially still the Zhou Dynasty), and then the first emperor of a unified China from 221 B.C.E. to 210 B.C.E., ruling under the name First Emperor.