![]() The new script enabled parts of the empire that did not speak the same language to communicate together, and led to the founding of an imperial academy to oversee all texts. This script was simplified to allow faster writing, useful for record keeping. One of the most important outcomes of the Qin conquest was the standardization of non-alphabetic written script across all of China, replacing the previous regional scripts. Qin Shi Huang worked quickly to unify his conquered people across a vast territory that was home to several different cultures and languages. ![]() Citizens were discouraged from using the emperor’s personal name in documents, and anyone who revealed his location would face execution. In 229 B.C., the Qin seized Zhao territory and continued until they seized all five Zhou states to create a unified Chinese empire in 221 B.C.Īdvised by the sorcerer Lu Sheng, Qin Shi Huang traveled in secrecy through a system of tunnels and lived in secret locations to facilitate communing with immortals. Qin Shi Huang began a militarily-driven expansionist policy. As the ruler of Qin, Ying Zheng took the name Qin Shi Huang Di (“first emperor of Qin”), which brings together the words for “Mythical Ruler” and “God.”
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