1. The Qin Dynasty
China’s 3rd Dynasty

2. Qin Shi Huangdi The First Emperor of China Became King at age 13
United China
Very Powerful and Cruel
Became King at age 13
Rejected Confucius teachings

3. Shi Huangdi’s Method of Rule
Legalism
Obey Rulers out of Fear
People who obey=Rewards
People who disobey=Punishment
Virtuous Government would not work

4. New form of Government Bureaucracy Use too control his people.
He divided his empire into 36 provinces.
Each province was divided into districts.
2 government officials in charge of each province. Their job was to put strong people in charge of each district.
Workers were well trained and paid. They reported to supervisors. People at each level supervised those below them

5. Accomplishments under Qin
Standardization of money, weights, measurements.
universally agreed upon set of guidelines
RESULT: Helped trade between Regions
Created Great Wall of China
Connected existing walls that had been built earlier for protection
Protect Empire From Invasion
Later Dynasties added and rebuilt the Wall

6. Great Wall of China

7. The Great Wall’s Great Cost
Taxation became heavier and heavier.
Some 3,500,000 people were involved in the building of the Great Wall. That was 70% of the total population of China at that time.
For each worker working on the wall, six were required to feed and support them.
Construction of the Qin wall became the most hated imperial project in Chinese history.

8. Terra Cotta Soldiers
A believer in evil spirits, Qin employed master craftsmen to mass-produce a terra-cotta army as a protection in the afterlife.
His mausoleum was rigged with crossbows to ambush intruders.

9. Fall of Qin
In 209 BCE, only a year after the death of the Shi Huangdi, millions of peasants rose up and ended the tyranny and bloodshed of wall building.
Shi Huangdi’s heir was a very weak ruler. He could not leave up to his father’s legacy.