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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. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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
