b. What was the situation of the early states in China before unification was achieved?
The It was during this time when a bunch of city-states kingdoms of the Autumn and Spring period had been divided into seven major states.
During the first half of this era, the boundaries between the states remained. While the Chu was the biggest state, the Qin was the furthest one away from all the states. It was a time of endless brutal wars which triggered intensity between the seven states. Chaos and violence were present in every state. Rather than converging, the multiple states were diverging. It was during this time when technology advancement gave an advantage to larger states. The fighting of each state was fierce, for each emperor were fighting in order to survive or retain their power while some wanted more power territory. It was also when the rise of the Confucian philosophers, Mencius and Hsun-Tzu, started to teach and write during this period (Eno, 2010).