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QIN DYNASTY Unifies China

 The Qin Dynasty replaced the Zhou Dynasty. The Qin ruler renamed himself Shi Huangdi. He had Legalist ideas and the intentions of unifing China. To start this he halted all internal battles that had weakened China to the fall of the Zhou Dynasty. Then he rid of resistance within China and built armies to attack any invaders. After this Shi Huangdi decided to cruh political power and opposition. He did this by commanding the noble families to live in the capital city. 36 carefully watched districts were created. Because this was to be a "united Legalist country" he had hundreds of Confucian scholars murdered and all of their "useless" books burned; which contained their works, ideas and poetry. Autocracy government was established. Shi Huangdi established laws and a program of centralization. Shi Huangdi was hated by most of the people. He ordered a huge wall to be contructed for defence. When Shi Huangdi's son took over the Qin Dynasty fell. 