Qin Shi Huang
259 BCE–210 BCE · Xianyang
Born Ying Zheng, king of the state of Qin, he defeated the last rival states and in 221 BCE proclaimed himself China's first emperor. His Legalist government abolished the old feudal domains, replacing them with a centralized system of commanderies and appointed officials. He standardized the writing script, coinage, weights, measures, and axle widths, linked the realm with roads, and joined earlier frontier ramparts into an early version of the Great Wall. His vast tomb complex near Xi'an held the Terracotta Army.
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