Have you ever wondered why China is called China? Then read on! In 259BCE, Ying Zheng was ... the young king had ruthlessly crushed Lu and assumed full control over Qin. At this time, seven ...

In 221 B.C., Ying Zheng, ruler of the State of Qin and a ... which stretches for 5,000 km in northern China. Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign.

The Qin Empire had been established in 221 BCE when King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival ... Qin Shi Huang died while on a tour of Eastern China. Owing to a plot by the eunuch Zhao Gao ...

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China ... Zheng took the throne in 246 B.C. at the age of 13. By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin ...