Take your body weight in pounds and divide that number in half. That's the total number of ounces of water you need to drink on a daily basis before any diuretic beverages or strenuous exercise. For example, if you weigh 120 pounds, you need to drink 60 ounces of water a day. If you drink a diuretic beverage (coffee, tea, pop, juice, a sugary drink, or alcohol), you need to drink the equivalent of one and a half to two times the volume of the diuretic beverage just to offset its effects.
The short-lived Qin Dynasty was the first to unite China as a country under an emperor instead of a ruling clan. A bureaucratic government was introduced, and was continued by the less-extreme Han Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty (221â206 BC) was the first and shortest imperial dynasty in China, famous for great building projects like the Great Wall and the Terracotta Army. Liu Bang, a peasant leader, overthrew the unpopular Qin regime and established the Han Dynasty.
system and an early version of the Great Wall. One of the most impressive artifacts from the Qin period is the Terracotta army guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb in Xian.The Han dynasty (206BC-220AD) was Chinaâs first great imperial dynasty.