Qin Dynasty Flashcards
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end of warring states
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- state of Qin: became very powerful compared to other 6 warring states
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Qin Shi Huangdi
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- leader of the Qin state
- 1 of 7 competing states that fought for power during the warring states period
- 230 - 221 B.C. the Qin easily conquered their enemies
- he declared himself emperor in 221 B.C.
- next eleven years created a unified empire
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centralized
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- rule over an area is concentrated at a single center
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Qin dynasty
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- 221 B.C. to 202 B.C.
- Mandate of Heaven: needed a new ruler
- legalistic philosophy believer
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Confucian teaching
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- wiped out Confucian teachings
- orders the killing of 460 Confucian scholars and critics of Qin
- book burning
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empire
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- group of states or countries ruled by an emperor or an empress
- China remained an empire until 1912
