The Collapse of Order in the Qin Empire The death of Chen Sheng in the second year of Emperor Qin […]
The Gathering Storm As the Qin dynasty teetered on the brink of collapse, two pivotal figures—Zhang Liang, the exiled aristocrat […]
The Tinderbox of Qin Oppression In the waning years of the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE), China simmered with discontent. The […]
The Burden of Occupation: Life Under Qin Rule The fall of the Wei state in 221 BCE marked the beginning […]
The Shadow of Qin’s Conquest In 225 BCE, as Wang Ben—son of Qin’s legendary general Wang Jian—reported his conquest of […]
The Tinderbox of Discontent: Origins of the Dazexiang Uprising In 209 BCE, China’s Qin Dynasty stood at the height of […]
The Fragile Reign of Emperor Qin Er Shi The death of Qin Shi Huang in 210 BCE marked the end […]
The Death of an Emperor and a Fateful Decision In 210 BCE, China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, lay dying […]
The Emperor’s Final Pilgrimage In the 37th year of his reign (210 BCE), the First Emperor of Qin embarked on […]
A Meeting That Changed Destiny History often turns on moments of unexpected connection. Few stories illustrate this better than the […]
The Turbulent Era of Qin Dynasty The story of Zhang Liang’s encounter with the mysterious old man at the Xiapi […]
The Historical Setting of Bolangsha Nestled south of Yangwu County along the northern banks of the Yellow River, Bolangsha was […]
The Rise of Qin Shi Huang and Growing Dissent The early 3rd century BCE marked a transformative era in Chinese […]
The First Emperor’s Obsession with Travel In the years following his unification of China under the Qin dynasty (221 BCE), […]
The Twilight of the Warring States In 221 BCE, the last independent state of Qi fell to the armies of […]
The Rise of a Military Strategist Wang Jian, one of Qin’s most formidable generals, had spent decades serving the state […]
The Gathering Storm: Political Tensions in Warring States China The late 3rd century BCE witnessed the final violent convulsions of […]
The Gathering Storm in Warring States China The late 3rd century BCE was an era of blood and iron, where […]
The Feuding States: A World on the Brink In the waning years of the Warring States period (475–221 BCE), the […]
The Rise of a Radical Monarch The young King Zheng of Qin stood unchained at last. With the powerful regent […]
The Rise of a Strategic Genius Lü Buwei began as an ambitious merchant in the Warring States period, a time […]
The Rise of a Political Puppeteer The story begins with Lü Buwei, one of ancient China’s most cunning political strategists. […]
