Ying Zheng took the throne in 246 B.C. at the age of 13. By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his ...

Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world.

The project lasted another two years after the Second Emperor of Qin ascended the throne. When adding the ... at the burial ceremony of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Second Emperor of Qin forced ...

Discover the massive terracotta army, buried for centuries and revealing the grandeur of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Uncover the history, mythology, and mystery of the tomb complex and its ...

He gave his pregnant concubine to the prince in order to gain access to the throne. Lu acted as regent ... and Zheng proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huangdi or "First Sovereign Emperor of the Qin ...