Reading about the wonderful country that China is so fascinating! When you think of China you don’t usually think of their many centuries of struggles that they have had with different leaders that have come into the nation and try to dominant and enforce rules that were in most situations cruel and unfair. The invasion of The Qin Dynasty is legendary that even till this day it has marked the way China is today. Although there was much political insatiability due to the unorganized ruling of the Zhou; Qin dynasty was quick to take over in 221 BCE. Qin dynasty was all about enforcing the rules efficiently and making sure the country was unaffiliated with any other. In the time that Qin dynasty was in power the rulers created a central bureaucracy and divided the country into administrative units. Also standardizing the writing system including currency, weights, and measures which is something thanks to the Qin dynasty is still what we efficiently use today in are century. Like every country there was some good and some bad, Qin dynasty made it fair to everyone regardless if you were poor or rich it was mandatory that you had to pay taxes. Now does Qin dynasty sound so bad now? Probably not, but Like I just said there is always two faces to every coin. Qin dynasty created The Great Wall in thoughts of creating a border to block any other countries from invading but as time progressed they wanted to my make sure their own people would not over rule them. They started to take away things such as their free speech and destroying anything that had to do with literary and philosophical texts. It was not a long after that they were over-thrown, but if you think about it don’t you think without the Qin dynasty China wouldn’t be what it is today? –Diana Mozombite
This is a very good post, and I understood everything that you had to say. So for a person that may have not known anything about it you made it very clear and easy to understand. Good use of images help you out, I just which you could have put a few more pictures of the Qin dynasty, and compare it to China today with some modern pictures, other than that it was a great post. Just remember to watch out for cliche phrases, try to come out with some of your own, that will define you as a writer.
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When I look at some of the amazing things done during not only this dynasty in China but the many others it gives perspective on other great societies of ancient times like the egyptians. Some of the monumental structures built like the wall of China and the great pyramids had to be a monumental task for the people at the time. It's almost hard to think about the man power it took to build structures so larger then life and during a time when things like this were a hands on job not done by machines. It truly gives us a look at the dedication and strength of will the people of this time had.
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