{"slug": "qin-dynasty", "label": "Qin dynasty", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_dynasty", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7183", "qid": "Q7183", "description": "dynasty that ruled in China from 221 to 206 BC", "entries": 20, "years": 15, "span": [-313, -126], "span_label": ["314 BCE", "127 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "xiang-yu", "label": "Xiang Yu", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "qin-state", "label": "Qin (state)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "qin-shi-huang", "label": "Qin Shi Huang", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "xiongnu", "label": "Xiongnu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "nanyue", "label": "Nanyue", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shaanxi", "label": "Shaanxi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "warring-states-period", "label": "Warring States period", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wei-qing", "label": "Wei Qing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chu-state", "label": "Chu (state)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -313, "year_label": "314 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The city of Guilin is founded by the Qin dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242240408#China", "title": "314 BC", "revid": 1242240408, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -245, "year_label": "246 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Zhengguo Canal, approximately one hundred miles long, is built across the current-day province of Shaanxi in China, greatly adding to the agricultural productivity of the area and to the military potency of the Qin dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358219611#China", "title": "246 BC", "revid": 1358219611, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -231, "year_label": "232 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Yu, Chinese rebel general against the Qin dynasty, as well as the later nemesis of Liu Bang in the civil war of the Chu-Han contention (d. 202 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319908071#Births", "title": "232 BC", "revid": 1319908071, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -228, "year_label": "229 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Qin Er Shi, Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty (d. 207 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1205848400#Births", "title": "229 BC", "revid": 1205848400, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -220, "year_label": "221 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The state of Qi – by now the only other independent state in China –, is invaded by the Qin generals Wang Ben, Li Xin and Meng Tian and surrenders after offering minimal resistance. Ying Zheng, the king of Qin unifies China and proclaims himself the First Emperor, as he is the first Chinese sovereign able to rule the whole country, thus ending the Warring States period. He is known by historians as Qin Shi Huang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1246108993#China", "title": "221 BC", "revid": 1246108993, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In what is claimed to be a preemptive strike, Qin forces under Meng Tian drive the Xiongnu and other northern peoples from their homeland on the Ordos Plateau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#China", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -209, "year_label": "210 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Qin Er Shi becomes Emperor of the Qin dynasty of China. His advisors Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si forge a decree by the late Emperor Qin Shi Huang that orders the execution of Qin Er Shi's elder brother Fusu and Fusu's ally, the general Meng Tian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1254970145#China", "title": "210 BC", "revid": 1254970145, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -209, "year_label": "210 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Meng Tian, Chinese general of the Qin dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1254970145#Deaths", "title": "210 BC", "revid": 1254970145, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -208, "year_label": "209 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Modun khaan inherits Teoman's Hunnu confederations and founds the Xiongnu Empire in Mongolia proper. Modu's forces push into Northern China, threatening the Qin Empire and forcing them to further fortify the Great Wall.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115697#Central_Asia", "title": "209 BC", "revid": 1300115697, "section": "Events › By place › Central Asia"}}, {"year": -208, "year_label": "209 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Having helped to conquer Baiyue in northern Vietnam and southern China for the Qin dynasty, the general Zhao Tuo uses the rebellions against the Qin to establish his own independent kingdom in Nanyue, and conquers the neighboring provinces of Guilin and Xiang. He declares himself King Wu of Nanyue.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115697#China", "title": "209 BC", "revid": 1300115697, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -208, "year_label": "209 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In August, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang begin an uprising to oppose Qin", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115697#China", "title": "209 BC", "revid": 1300115697, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -206, "year_label": "207 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Chu rebel Xiang Yu defeats the Qin general Zhang Han in the Battle of Julu and becomes the leader of the rebellion against the Qin dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018864#China", "title": "207 BC", "revid": 1213018864, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -206, "year_label": "207 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zhao Gao, Chief eunuch in the service of the Emperors of the Qin dynasty of China (assassinated)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018864#Deaths", "title": "207 BC", "revid": 1213018864, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -206, "year_label": "207 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Qin Er Shi, Emperor of the Qin dynasty of China (assassinated) (b. 229 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018864#Deaths", "title": "207 BC", "revid": 1213018864, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -205, "year_label": "206 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ziying, Chinese ruler of the Qin Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361853494#Deaths", "title": "206 BC", "revid": 1361853494, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -204, "year_label": "205 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zhang Han, Chinese general of the Qin dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361853505#Deaths", "title": "205 BC", "revid": 1361853505, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -203, "year_label": "204 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dong Yi, Chinese general of the Qin Dynasty and conferred with the title of \"King of Di\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115585#Deaths", "title": "204 BC", "revid": 1300115585, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -201, "year_label": "202 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Yu, rebel leader against the Qin dynasty and nemesis of Liu Bang in the Chu–Han Contention (b. 232 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278127245#Deaths", "title": "202 BC", "revid": 1278127245, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -192, "year_label": "193 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Xiao He, prime minister of the early Han dynasty in China who has been a key figure in Liu Bang's rise to power after the fall of the Qin dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018923#Deaths", "title": "193 BC", "revid": 1213018923, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -126, "year_label": "127 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Wei Qing defeats a Xiongnu army near Gaoque. He then invades the Ordos Plateau, defeats the Xiongnu and their Baiyang and Loufan allies in the battles of Puni and Fuli, and then defeats the main Xiongnu force. The conquered territory becomes Shuofang Commandery. Wu orders the foundation of Shuofang City, and the system of defenses that had been built by the Qin dynasty general Meng Tian are repaired.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326020642#China", "title": "127 BC", "revid": 1326020642, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}]}