Northern Campaign
"300,000 soldiers"
Southern Campaign
"500,000 soldiers"
Defensive walls
"1 million" die
Capital at Xianyang
120,000 feudal families as hostages
New Palace
Roads
4,000 miles (6,800 km)
Imperial tours
Inscriptions on stone pillars
Mount Langya, 219 BCE
"The merit of the August Emperor lies in diligently fostering basic concerns, exalting agriculture, abolishing lesser occupations, so the black-headed people may be rich. All Under Heaven are of one mind, single in will. Weights and measures have a single standard, words are written in a uniform way. Wherever sun and moon shine, where ships and wheeled vehicles bear cargo, All people fulfil their allotted years, none do not attain their goal." Source: Sima, Qian. Records of the Grand Historian. Translated by Burton Watson. Hong Kong: Columbia University Press, 1993. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost (accessed February 28, 2017).
Imperial tomb
"700,000 laborers"
Zhao Gao, eunuch (d. 207 BCE)
Li Si, Chancellor (d. 208 BCE)
Suicide of crown prince
“Second Emperor of Qin” (r. 210-207 BCE)
Traditional (Li Feng, p. 258)
Rebellion of Chen Sheng & 900 conscripts, 209 BCE
Hansen’s revisionist ideas, pp. 103-105
What is your opinion?Western Han (202 BCE-9 CE)
Xin (9-23)
Eastern Han (25-220)
Administrative bureaucracy
Law code
Written script
Monetary system
Weights and measures