Born
259 BC
Died
210 BC
Nationality
Chinese
Events involving Qin Shi Huang (4)
221 BC
ID: 4700
Qin Shi Huang unifies China - ends Warring States, standardizes writing, currency, measurements
ID: 4700
214 BC
ID: 4701
Great Wall connected - Qin Shi Huang links earlier walls into unified defense system
ID: 4701
213 BC
ID: 4702
Burning of books and burying of scholars - Legalist suppression of Confucian texts
ID: 4702
210 BC
ID: 4703
Death of Qin Shi Huang - buried with 8000 terracotta warriors near Xi'an
ID: 4703