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Loewe, Michael. "China's first empire: Michael Loewe looks at the dynastic, administrative and intellectual background of the Qin empire, which defined how China would be run for more than 2,000 years, and at the life and achievements of the First Emperor Shi Huangdi, one of the greatest state-builders of history, whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta army." History Today, September 2007, 12+. General OneFile (accessed October 20, 2018). http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A169024667/GPS?u=mlin_m_msweston&sid=GPS&xid=18138a6f.

Wilson, John. "Mortal combat: China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, searched obsessively for the secret of eternal life. And perhaps he found it; although he died aged only 50, the extraordinary legacy of his burial chambers lives on." New Statesman, September 10, 2007, 38+. Business Collection (accessed October 20, 2018). http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A169118313/GPS?u=mlin_m_msweston&sid=GPS&xid=94a655e2.

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]]> 2018-10-20 23:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295123497 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295123765 After his father's death, he was appointed king of the Qin state in 246 BC (at age 13)]]> 2018-10-20 23:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295123765 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295123804 Defeated all the states by 221 BCE and united them under his rule]]> 2018-10-20 23:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295123804 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295123829 Adopted the title "Qin Shi Huangdi" (first emperor of China) from his birth name Zhao Zheng]]> 2018-10-20 23:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295123829 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124121 2018-10-20 23:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124121 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124277 Laborers who built his mausoleum were sentenced to death as not to disclose its location]]> 2018-10-20 23:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124277 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124429 Sought immortality and forced thousands of people to work for him in search of eternal life]]> 2018-10-20 23:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124429 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124497 Ordered the construction of the first great wall of China]]> 2018-10-20 23:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124497 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124592 2018-10-20 23:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124592 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124868 Enforced laws that demanded order and sameness]]> 2018-10-20 23:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124868 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124882 Declared black the official color for dress and created a hexadecimal system]]> 2018-10-20 23:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124882 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124905 Legalism united the country - made it necessary to control and regulate people's lives, which ended the Warring States Period's chaos]]> 2018-10-20 23:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295124905 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295125012 Anyone who criticized him would be buried alive]]> 2018-10-20 23:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295125012 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295125022 Ordered all books not related to legalism, farming, war, or alchemy to be burned]]> 2018-10-20 23:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295125022 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295125545 Minted new copper coins to standardize the currency]]> 2018-10-20 23:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295125545 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295225898 Required the collection of tax and distribution of staple foods on an equitable basis.]]> 2018-10-21 20:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295225898 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231230 Standardized weights and measures to make tax-paying and trade easier]]> 2018-10-21 20:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231230 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231277 Created five "speedways" that fanned out from the capital]]> 2018-10-21 20:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231277 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231323 Made transportation quicker and smoother by creating 4250 miles of highways]]> 2018-10-21 20:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231323 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231453 "Thus, it was the emphasis on standardization that helped the Chinese create a cultural unity that lives on today."

]]> 2018-10-21 20:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231453 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231550 Minister Li Si is credited with creating one standard style of writing and making its use universal]]> 2018-10-21 20:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295231550 saiga https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295233367 Qin government portrayed as oppressive and cruel]]> 2018-10-21 21:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/saiga/historypaper/wish/295233367