The state of Qin, based in the Sichuan plains, eventually won out in 221 B.C. under the leadership of the ruthless King Zheng. The victorious monarch gave himself the title Qin Shi Huangdi (259 ...

As king, Qin Shi Huangdi spent 25 years battling and taking over warring states. Once he unified China, he declared himself the first emperor. His dynasty ended just four years after his death, but ...

There, etched into stone, was a 37-character inscription in the script of the Qin dynasty. What it described was stunning: an imperial mission, dispatched by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC, to venture ...

In the recently concluded hit historical drama “ Qin Dynasty Epic,” Qin Shi Huang (259 B.C.-210 B.C.) — the first emperor of China — is depicted as a benevolent ruler who wishes to eliminate the kings ...

It describes the early life of Qin Shi Huang, and then moves on to the assassination attempt by Jing Ke. Again, while long, it is worth seeing, particularly as it stars Gong Li.

With the British Museum about to exhibit an unprecedented (outside China) collection of terracotta soldiers from Qinshi Huangdi’s tomb, New Statesman Magazine writes about the First Emperor and ...

Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China, will take the reins back from Wu Zeitan and lead China to glory in Civilization VI when it launches in October. Reigning from 220 to 210 BCE, the King of Qin ...

The life-sized terracotta soldiers protecting the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi (259 BC-210 BC), were accidentally found by well-diggers in 1974. Since the discovery of the First ...

Only a few, and not Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang’s entire terracotta army, traveled to Bangkok, but even these four earthenware statues are enough to draw in history buffs and the archeology ...