Qin dynasty

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Chinese dynasty imperial dynasty

The Qin dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of a unified China, known for centralizing power, standardizing writing and measurements, and initiating construction of the Great Wall.

Aliases (1)

Qin dynasty (3rd century BCE) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese dynasty → imperial dynasty →
abolished	feudal fiefdoms of Zhou nobility →
administrativeDivision	commanderies → counties →
associatedWithEvent	burning of books and burying of scholars →
built	Qin Great Wall → Qin road network → canal systems →
capital	Xianyang →
causeOfFall	court infighting and succession crisis → peasant rebellions →
country	China →
culturalImpact	established model for later Chinese imperial administration →
currency	Banliang coin →
endTime	206 BCE →
firstEmperor	Qin Shi Huang →
followedBy	Han dynasty →
founder	Qin Shi Huang →
governmentForm	absolute monarchy → centralized bureaucracy →
ideology	Legalism →
initiatedConstructionOf	Great Wall of China →
legalCode	Qin law code →
majorConflict	Dazexiang Uprising → Qin unification wars →
militarySystem	conscription army →
namedAfter	state of Qin →
notableArtifact	Terracotta Army →
notableOfficial	Li Si → Meng Tian → Wang Jian →
notableRuler	Qin Er Shi → Qin Shi Huang →
notableSite	Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor →
officialLanguage	Classical Chinese →
precededBy	Zhou dynasty →
religion	Chinese folk religion → ancestor worship →
replacedWith	centralized commandery-county system →
standardized	Chinese script → axle lengths of carts → currency system → weights and measures →
startTime	221 BCE →
territoryIncludes	Guanzhong region → Yellow River basin → parts of southern China →
unified	Warring States →
writingSystem	Small Seal Script →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Wall of China →	builtBy
State of Chu →	conqueredBy
Han Chinese →	ethnogenesisPeriod
Warring States period →	followedBy
Han dynasty →	follows
Imperial China →	hasFirstDynasty
China →	historicalDynasty
Shaanxi Province →	historicalRegionOf
Han Chinese →	historicalStateFormation
Imperial China →	includesDynasty
Xiongnu →	mainEnemy
Han dynasty →	precededBy
Zhou dynasty →	precedes
Great Wall of China ("Qin dynasty (3rd century BCE)") →	significantConstructionPeriod
Hubei Provincial Museum →	significantPeriodCovered