132,564
edits
Changes
From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to searchThe First Emperor of China by Frances Wood (view source)
Revision as of 11:03, 12 April 2018
, 11:03, 12 April 2018no edit summary
{{infoboxsortinfobox1
|title=The First Emperor of China
|sort=First Emperor of China
|date=August 2007
|isbn=978-1846680328
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>1846680417</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=1846680417|aznus=<amazonus>1846680328</amazonus>
}}
For well over two thousand years the First Emperor of China has been reviled, largely because of his reputation for burning books and burying scholars. History would have it that his rein was brutal and repressive despite some achievements that are still obvious in China today. It was he that organised the construction of the Great Wall of China, albeit by forced labour, and created Imperial China - even using the name ''Qin'' (pronounced 'Chin') by which China is still known. He was also responsible for the standardisation of weights and measures and the building of 'speedway' roads radiating out from the capital.
