dynasty in which China was unified under the first emperor, Qin
Shi Huang Di. He established central rule and standardized
weights, measures, coins, and the writing system. Some claim
that it was his idea to create the Great Wall in 214 B.C. to
protect China from invasion. He was a particular believer in the
notion of immortality and is famous for his terracotta army of
over 7,000 life-size pottery soldiers, found buried near his
tomb in the early 1970s. First dynasty to unify all of China
under one ruler, Emperor Qin Shih Huang 22I - 206 BC. the first
dynasty to unify all of China under one ruler, Emperor Qin Shi
Huang (221-206 BC). chin] Established in 221 b.c.e. at the end
of the Warring States period following the decline of the Zhou
dynasty; fell in 207 b.c.e. (p. 106) The Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty
(221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded by the Zhou Dynasty and followed
by the Han Dynasty in China. The unification of China 221 BC
under the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang marked the beginning of
imperial China, a period tha