However, the Qin Dynasty collapsed within a couple of years of his death, and China fell into anarchy and disorder as powerful warlords vied for power. One of the rebel leaders, a man of humble ...

multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history — the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures ...

Dating back thousands of years, the Terracotta Army guards the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and has never been opened.

and Zheng proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huangdi or "First Sovereign Emperor of the Qin Dynasty". He called the united empire "Qin", which many academics believe is the origin of the name "China".

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne. More than 700,000 laborers worked on ...

A patrolman-turned-guerilla, he led his Pei County militia in the revolt that defeated the unpopular Qin Dynasty. In its wake, defacto rebel leader General Xiang Yu divided the Qin empire into 18 ...

Qin Gang's fall from grace was as unexpected and abrupt as his elevation, Daniel Russel from the Asia Society Policy Institute said. "Since both moves are attributed to China's leader, this ...

As excavation leader Zhu Sihong tells the Global Times ... such as [the] commanding system in the Qin dynasty,” Li tells Live Science. According to the state broadcaster China Central ...

A few figures of leaders wear helmets and Armour ... art and science and technology of the Qin Dynasty. Excavation of Pit 1 has excited the archaeological world, known as "the Eighth Wonder ...