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    to shorten the resulting four-character Qin Shi Huangdi to 秦始皇, variously transcribed as Qin Shihuang or Qin Shi Huang. Following his elevation as emperor...
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    Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Chinese: 秦始皇陵; pinyin: Qínshǐhuáng Líng) is the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty. It is located...
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  • mountain-islands in Taoist mythology. It is said this is where the Emperor Qin Shihuang visited to seek immortality. In the Bohai Sea there is a place where...
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    The Qin dynasty (/tʃɪn/) was the first dynasty of Imperial China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, which was a fief of the confederal Zhou...
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    states to be conquered by the armies of Qin Shihuang: Yan fell in 222 BC, the year before the declaration of the Qin Empire. Yan experienced a brief period...
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    ISSN 2630-0303. 陈 (Chen), 生玺 (Shengxi) (2011). "秦始皇缘何焚书坑儒 (Why did Qin Shihuang conduct the movement of "burning of books and burying of scholars")"...
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    was Lü Buwei, who rose to become Chancellor of Qin and was a key supporter of the eventual Qin Shihuang.[citation needed] At the same time, the increased...
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    altars for the White, Green, Yellow and Red Deities. In 219, Qin Shihuang, founder of the Qin empire (221 BCE–206 BCE), personally sacrificed at Mount Tai...
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    Yellow Emperor Yan Emperor Zhuanxu Emperor Ku Emperor Yao Emperor Shun Qin Shihuang Emperor Gaozu of Han (256 –195 BC) Emperor Wen of Han (202 –157 BC) Emperor...
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    Qin Shihuang as a tyrannic ruler. Still, they continue a trend in naturalistic sculpture which was initiated by the Terracotta Army of Qin Shihuang,...
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