Great wall of china photo

Qin Dynasty

  • Period: 700 BCE to

    Building Great Wall

    The Great Wall of China was built across many different dynasties. Sadly when I tried to find dates of when it started and began all of the answers were different on different sites. But these dates were the most prominent on trusted sites.
  • Settles Fight
    316 BCE

    Settles Fight

    The states of Shu and Ba go to war and both ask Qin to help. Qin in return conquers both and settles the war between them therefor winning the mandate of heaven.
  • Great Wall Idea
    300 BCE

    Great Wall Idea

    Qin Shi Huang Di came up with the idea to build a Great Wall to defend from invaders from the north. Although other dynasties worked on it, it was conceived in the Qin.
  • Period: 259 BCE to 210 BCE

    Ying Zheng lifetime

    The life span of who is said to be the first emperor of china Ying Zheng
  • Efforts begin for first Dynasty
    230 BCE

    Efforts begin for first Dynasty

    This is where people began to try and organize the first Dynasty being started. Qin Shi Huang Di's father, King Zhuangxiang of Qin, who was the king at the time was leading these efforts.
  • Effort to Unify
    229 BCE

    Effort to Unify

    Qin Shi Huang began a militarily-driven expansionist policy and seized all five Zhou states to create a unified Chinese empire.
  • Emperor
    221 BCE

    Emperor

    Ying Zheng assumes the position as the first emperor of China and along with it takes the name Qin Shi Huang Di
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

    The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of China, lasting from. It got its name because its heartland was the state of Qin. The dynasty was started by Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of Qin.
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    China is Unified

    Qin Shi Huang Di was the only emperor who successfully unified China. It lasted for a while but then fell apart because of government disagreements.
  • Period: 316 to 276

    Relocation

    Qin relocates thousands of families into the region that were the states of Shu and Ba that have been conquered to help with the expansionist efforts