How Did Qin Shi Huang Unite China

Ying Zheng was never supposed to be king — a hostage prince's son, thirteen years old on the throne, controlled by a regent named Lu Buwei. By thirty, he had crushed six kingdoms and forged the first unified China in history. This is the story of the Warring States Period, Qin's brutal Legalist war machine, the general Bai Qi's mass burial of a surrendered Zhao army, and the terracotta warriors built to guard an emperor obsessed with cheating death. Chapters: 0:00 A burning palace and a calm king 1:15 The boy who was never supposed to rule 3:00 Lu Buwei and the plot to remove him 5:00 Seizing the throne at twenty-two 7:00 Seven kingdoms locked in endless war 9:30 Legalism: Qin's brutal war machine 11:30 Han falls, then Zhao's old terror 13:00 Bai Qi and the buried army Sources: Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian; Warring States Period military histories; archaeological reports on the Terracotta Army excavation. What part of Qin Shi Huang's rise surprised you most — the boy-king plot, or Bai Qi's massacre? Tell us below. #QinShiHuang #AncientChina #WarringStates