Explore Xi'an, the incredible ancient city and the ‘birthplace of civilisation,' home to the Terracotta Army and countless ...

However, the Qin Dynasty collapsed within a couple of years of his death, and China fell into anarchy and disorder as powerful warlords vied for power. One of the rebel leaders, a man of humble ...

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".

The first emperor to unify China under a single dynasty, Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his earthly reign, from 221 to 210 B.C.Aside from building the first lengths of the Great Wall ...

Like almost every country, especially those spanning vast territories, China went through a unification process that culminated during the reign of the Qin dynasty, in the era known as the Warring ...