Title on Photograph: BUILDING THE EMPIRE, 500 BC - AD 300.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 86.
Comments on Subject: THE QIN EMERGED FROM THE NORTHWEST, DEFEATED ALL THEIR ENEMIES AND UNIFIED THE COUTNRY IN 221 BC. THE QIN KING BECAME THE FIRST EMPORER OF CHINA. THE QIN DYNASTY WAS SHORT-LIVED, BUT ITS SUCCESSOR, THE HAN DYNASTY, INHERITED ITS LEGACY AND TURNED CHINA INTO AN EMPIRE. A STATE BUREAUCRACY, TERRITORIAL EXPANSION, THE OPENING OF THE SILK ROAD, CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHY AND POPULAR RELIGIOUS BELIEF IN THE AFTERLIFE, ALL LAID FOUNDATIONS FOR CHINESE SOCIETY FOR CENTURIES TO COME.
Group: ANCIENT WORLD ART
Bibliography: ATLAS OF WORLD ART
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