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*Qin Shi Huangdi became the first real Chinese Emperor in 221 BC when he joned the warring factions of China together. He commissioned the Great Wall of China to be built as protection against invaders.
*Qin Shi Huangdi was a cruel Emperor who banned all learning of the past, including the burnng of all books that referred to a time before his reign!
*Qin Shi Huangdi’s grave was excavated in 1975 and thousands of life-sized terracotta soldiers and horses from his tomb were found. …show more content…
Emperor Ming commissioned the Great Forbidden City. Art became more realistic as they glorified the new Emperor and his great dynasty.
*’Valuing the presence of personality in a work over mere technical skill, the Ming scholar-painter aimed for mastery of performance rather than laborious craftsmanshp.’ (Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
*Emperors had many wives and mstresses (concubines) but only one Empress. This was the first married wife. There were lots of symbolic rules for Emperors too, such as the rule that only Emperors wore yellow gowns and they were represented by the dragon.
* The Phoenix represents the first wife, the Empress. Fig5.
*Bereaucracy in China was very complicated. There were kings and lords who were directly below the Emperor. Then each region had a Mandarin who was a politican who answered directly and only to the Emperor. Nest were the Armed forces, then the workers and the