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Qin Empire
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Qin Empire
Qin dynasty was the first to establish first empire in china. The efforts started in 230B.C
and during these time the Qin leaders engulfed six dynasty of Zhou states. The empire of empire
existed for a short time from 221 to 206 B.C but the culture of Qin Dynasty had a long lasting
impact to the other dynasties that followed the empire. The region to which the empire was
located is the resent day Shaanxi province which is north to the Zhou Dynasty territory. Qin was
the barrier between the territory and the uncivilized states above it. The Qin dynasty capital was
Xianyang and it was expanded extensively after the establishment of Qin dominance. Qin was
known to be backward, barbarian state under the Zhou Dynasty. These was due the its slow pace
in adopting the culture of Chinese people like culture, like lagging in participation of human
sacrifice (Leung, et al 2018). The heirs to the Zhou states were believed to be the ruling class of
Qin. these essay will discuss how Qin empire was created and consolidated as the first chinas
empire.
A Qin statesman lord Shan Yang who was from warring states period had advocated the
use of legalism and introduced reforms in the military from 361BC to 338BC. He also helped in
the construction of the capital of Qin. The introduction of legalism in Qin encouraged the
practical and ruthless warfare. in had always disregarded the traditions of military, taking the
advantage of the weaknesses in their enemies. Qin was accused of being a preserve, thirst for
profits that was with no sincerity. the strong political base of Qin was from strong leadership of
the long lived rulers in the regions d the use of talented men from the other states combined with
the internal opposition in its enemies (Tong, 2021). the empire was also made up of large and
efficient army which capable generals. the generals made use of the current development in the
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manufacture of weapons which was not available in the enemies and used that to conquer and
expand their territories.
The Qin dynasty stated with the conquest of warring states. These happened in 338BC
after Qin had suffered setback after the killing of their emperor and divisions in the successions
of the emperor. Qin assaulted the other states and he attacked Han, took the XinZheng capital in
230BC. They then moved to the north and defeated Zhao followed the north most states and
defeated them in 226 BC. This Qin dynasty was now made of yan, Zhao, Qi, Wei, Chu and Qin
(Leung, et al 2018). The dynasty the expanded to the south in 214BC and due to the fact that the
Qin dynasty had a large and strong army they managed to conquer majority of the tribes in the
southern region of the territory. The Qin dynasty was then defeated later as they were not
familiar with the geographical area and the enemies were using guerilla tactics. the emperor was
made of strong officials who ruled under new law and which feudalized the Chinese culture.
Conclusively, the Qin Dynasty was composed of strong military officials who have long
experience in war. There log experience in battle made them easier to introduce new military
laws in the emperor and help in the conquering of the neighboring community. The emperor
grew from a single kingdom to a large emperor through conquering the southern states and then
to the northern region. The kingdom held strong religious believers and worshiped in shrines
and was known to be evil in their religion. With the Qin dynasty being more possessed to power
it was overthrown in 202BC. The Qin Dynasty was composed of evil leadership and which
managed to incorporate its culture into the Chinese culture. Under the leadership of Zhao the
emperor was able to manage to expand its territories as he used to modern military weapon a
technology its enemies were not aware of technology and gave them the advantage in battle. the
availability of large army made it easier to conquer other states and expand their state.
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Reference
Leung, V. S., & Goldin, P. R. (2018). The Former Han Empire. In Routledge Handbook of Early
Chinese History (pp. 160-179). Abingdon: Routledge.
Tong, C. F. (2021). The Construction of Territories in the Qin Empire. T'oung Pao, 107(5-6),
509-554.
