Qin (state)

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Sources

1. BookShiji (Records of the Grand Historian)
2. BookThe Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han
3. BookThe Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.

Relations

acquired:

• Nine Tripod Cauldronssince 256 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.

conquered:

• Chusince 223 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

• Han (Warring States)since 230 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

• Qisince 221 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

• Wei (state)since 225 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

• Yansince 222 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

• Zhao (state)since 228 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

• Zhou dynastysince 256 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.

had as chief minister:

• Shang Yang

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

has capital:

• Xianyangsince 350 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

ruled by:

• Duke Xiao of Qin361 BCE O.S. – 338 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

Appears in9 items

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  Early Imperial China9 items
  • Warring States period · warring state475 BCE O.S.
  • Shang Yang’s reforms in Qin · reformed state356 BCE O.S.
  • Qin moves its capital to Xianyang · capital-mover350 BCE O.S.
  • Bai Qi takes Ying, the Chu capital · conqueror278 BCE O.S.
  • 
    Li Bing builds Dujiangyan · patronc. 256 BCE O.S.
  • Battle of Changping · victor260 BCE O.S.
  • Qin ends the Zhou dynasty · conqueror256 BCE O.S.
  • Zheng Guo’s canal · recipient246 BCE O.S.
  • Qin conquers the six states · conqueror230 BCE O.S.