By Matthew Busconi
2/2/12
The Qin dynasty, which occurred at around 221- 206 B.C.E., had a much smaller border than present day China. The dotted lines represent the borders for present day China. The Blue line represents the Great Wall which was constructed during the Qin dynasty. The Great Wall covered the entire northern border of China and part of the western border. There was a strip of the Great wall built closer the city Xianyang to protect the city from the north. The Great Wall was mainly used to protect China from the northern invaders who were most deadly to the Chinese at the time of the Qin dynasty. The Qin dynasty consisted of 36 smaller provinces within China. This was done to keep China more in control. This kept China in control because 1 emperor that rules all of China which might cause rebellions. If this happened the emperor wouldn’t know about it. To prevent this emperor Qin elected 2 government officials to run each province rather than let the province run itself. With not as much experience the province would fall. Government officials keep the province on track. Xianyang was the capital of China during the Qin dynasty. The Qin dynasty was located on the eastern part of present day China right next to the east China sea and the Yellow sea. The present day Yangtze River ran through the south of China and at the north the present day Yellow River.
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