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This unification established the Qin dynasty, which, despite its short duration, had a significant influence on later Chinese history. Accordingly, the Qin state before the Qin dynasty was established is also referred to as the "predynastic Qin" [3] [4] or "proto-Qin". [5]
The state possessed an unprecedented capacity to transform the environment through the management of people and land; as a result, Qin's rise has been characterised as one of the most important events in East Asian environmental history. When Qin Shi Huang died in 210 BC, two of his advisors placed an heir on the throne in an attempt to exert ...
The county (縣 xiàn) is mentioned for the first time in Qin [4] 678 BC: Duke Wu of Qin dies and is succeeded by Duke De of Qin: Qin starts practicing human sacrifice at burials [3] 677 BC: Qin moves its capital to Yong in modern Fengxiang [1] 676 BC: Duke De of Qin dies and is succeeded by Duke Xuan of Qin: 664 BC
In the early years of the Han dynasty, the commanderies established during the Qin dynasty once more became vassal states in all but name. Emperor Gaozu (r. 202–195 BCE) granted virtually autonomous territories to his relatives and a few generals with military prowess. Over time these vassal states grew powerful and presented a threat to the ...
In 278 BC, Qin forces led by Bai Qi attacked Chu from the former Ba and Shu territories, capturing the Chu capitals of Ying and Chen (陳; present-day Huaiyang, Zhoukou, Henan) and forcing Chu to give up its territories west of the Han River. In 272, Qin conquered the Xirong state of Yiqu. After the last "horizontal alliance" to punish Qi ended ...
Qin (state) (秦), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China; Qin dynasty (秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC; Daqin (大秦), ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire; Former Qin (前秦), Di state/Di (Wu Hu) in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 351 AD; Later Qin (后秦), Qiang state in the Sixteen Kingdoms ...
The state went by various different names as their rulers opted for lesser peerages while they were acting as vassals, and they were only known as "Qin" (秦) from 395 to 400, from 409 to 411 and from 414 to 431. The Western Qin was briefly discontinued in 400 after Qifu Gangui surrendered to the Later Qin before it was revived in 409.
Qin, known as the Former Qin and Fu Qin (苻秦) in historiography, [4] was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Fu (Pu) clan of the Di peoples during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Founded in the wake of the Later Zhao dynasty's collapse in 351, it completed the unification of northern China in 376 during the reign of Fu Jiān (Emperor ...