In 221 B.C., Ying Zheng, ruler of the State of Qin and a man of ... multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history — the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or "First ...

Because of his tyranny and excessive tax collections the Qin Dynasty ended soon after his ... had no children to be buried alive with the dead ruler. In order to prevent disclosure of secrets ...

by defeating the earlier ruler of the Qin Dynasty, Liu could inherit their power and became a new ruler," says Lian Chunhai, a researcher at the Chinese National Academy of Arts.

Prior to the Qin dynasty, a series of protective walls ... From the Han to Ming dynasty, different rulers would repair the Great Wall and expand its length as a defense against attacks on China's ...