![]() ![]() Despite its short existence, the legacy of Qin strategies in military and administrative affairs shaped the consummate Han dynasty that followed, ultimately becoming seen as the originator of an imperial system that lasted from 221 BC-with interruption, evolution, and adaptation-through to the Xinhai Revolution in 1912. ![]() Its 15 years was the shortest major dynasty in Chinese history, with only two emperors. In the mid and late third century BC, the Qin state carried out a series of swift conquests, destroying the powerless Zhou dynasty and eventually conquering the other six of the Seven Warring States. The strength of the Qin state was greatly increased by the reforms of Shang Yang in the fourth century BC, during the Warring States period. Qin was a minor power for the early centuries of its existence. It was formally established after the conquests in 221 BC, when Ying Zheng, who had become king of the Qin state in 246, declared himself to be "Shi Huangdi", the first emperor. Named for its origin in the state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty which had endured for over five centuries-until 221 BC, when it assumed an imperial prerogative following its complete conquest of its rival states, a state of affairs that lasted until its collapse in 206 BC. The Qin dynasty ( / ˈ tʃ ɪ n/ CHIN Chinese: 秦朝), or Ch'in dynasty, was the first dynasty of Imperial China. ![]()
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