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Map of the Qin Dynasty

During the Qin dynasty there were many geographic landmarks that were inside of and surrounded the new civilzation some of these land forms included the Gobi desert, the Yellow River and the Yellow Sea. Many of the people of the civilization lived in China proper and this is where many of the chinese people today live. In China they used the landforms that surrounded them to there advantage because they built the Great Wall so it would not be passable on either side because of  the landforms on either side. On one side of the Great wall there was a large lake and on the other side was mountainous terrain.

Editorial

Was building the Great Wall a good idea?

The construction of the Great Wall of China was a good idea because it kept invaders out of the newly found country and saved countless lives because of the protection it provided. The invention of the Great wall was a great idea protection wise because it kept out the invaders to the north. These invaders to the north were a very strong power named the Mongols. The Mongols were a great threat to the civilization because they ended up growing to be the largest empire in the history of the world that was lead by Genghis Khan. The Great Wall would hold out the intruders for many years until about the 1700s when the Mongols Swept over the country and continued to begin a dynasty named the Yuan Dynasty. It was also a very well thought out idea because of the people and the Chinese civilization of China. This was a reason it was a good idea was because even though many people died in the main of the wall from the labor, it saved the over 500,000 people from being attacked by the Mongolian invaders and other people that were a threat to the newly unified country.

Daily Life in the Qin Dynasty

In the Qin Dynasty many of the populate was made up of peasants who would often live in small villages around China, matter of fact 90% of the population was made up of villagers who would work on farms and village stands. Villagers would often never leave the village they were born in because they would not leave to find work because often they would take the job of the Fathers when they would die and if he eldest brother would not take the job. The jobs of the people would vary for where they lived in China. What people ate in their daily lives would also depend on where they lived because people in the west would often eat many meats and plants that were grown by the farmers. In Chinese homes the women often did much of the work from the home doing chores, tending to the children of the family and they also were forced into being married by their fathers.

Legalism during the Qin Dynasty

During the Qin Dynasty there no real form of religion but there was a belief system called legalism. Legalism was the practice created by Sun Tzu who was a Chinese general and also wrote "The Art of War". His principles were focused on large amounts of law enforcement and harsh punishment the people who broke the rules, but the people who followed the rules were often rewarded by either by the enforcers or the leader. Having a legalistic society also decreased the amount of crimes in the tipi mess such as the Qin Dynasty because people were often punished in front of a large crowd. The purpose of this was so people would not be intrigued to do crimes like the people who were punished. After the Qin Dynasty legalism actually became slowly fade away as the other dynasties realized what a harsh practice it was

      The Continuation of the Great Wall

In 220 B.C during the Qin Dyansty The Great WAll of Chinawas strated by the Emperor Qin Shi Huang who is also known for unification of Chinza and ending the period of the Warring States. The Great Wall of China was Oringinally many small walls built by the former states to keep enemies from attacking the states. The wall was originally made of bricks, stone, tramped earth and was supported by wood in most places. In 220 B.C China was very vunerable because they were recently unified this wall was primarily built after the Qin dyansty and worked on through most of the Ming dynasty and has been renovated multiple times since the fall of the Qin. THis walled was appproved by the emperor because he was afraid of attacks from the north by people like the mongols and other nomasic tribes that were a threat to the vunerable kingdom. In 221 B.c many of the labors were convicts and sometimes even high ranking soldiers because the emperor want to make sre that they had some sort of defense for the strong power to the North. After the Qin dynasty, though the wall was renovated many times the mongols eventuall got into China and formed what was known as the Yuan.

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