10. Conclusion

Qin Shi Huang Di had a very strong mind set to unify his kingdom. Once the right way was set and they had found the methods that lead to the goal, Qin grew in strength and power from one year to the next. The First Emperor was eager to use those talents that existed. He gathered a lot of good men around himself, and when he promoted someone it was always based on their achievements. The backbone of the First Emperor's army was the peasants. During peace they were trained in arts of war, and in war hey were rewarded for their courage on the battlefield. The civil servants of the empire was in general military men, and these had got their positions based on their merits from the battlefields. They were unquestionable loyal to the First Emperor and ruled the entire empire on his behalf.

In this way it was possible for Shi Huang to rule his enormous kingdom, but the severe laws made an important reason as well. Any occasion of unrest was settled without any mercy. The fear for the Tiger emperor was in sole control but the discontent grew slowly but surely due to the ruthlessness that the First Emperor had. The people grumbled over the strict conditions they were forced to live under. This resulted in riots which later led to the fall of the Qin dynasty. That dictatorships falls and that power corrupts is as true now as it was then.

It has both been fascinating and fun to search for information regarding the First Emperor and his tomb. One thing that I didn't like though, is that it is really hard to find up to date information. But I do know that the work the Chinese archaeologists are doing is a painstaking and slow process, it will also take a very long time before it is done. But I still hope it will be really soon!

During this time when I have been working with my report, my knowledge of China has increased more than I thought from the beginning. It is interesting to see how everything combines together through the centuries and how important the ancient Chinese civilization have been for the development of Europe. I'm also bewildered over how little the school education is willing to tell about China's history here in Europe, considering how much the old China has meant for the Western worlds progress.

Sources:

I want to mention something about the sources of this report, almost all the books I have read refers to a historian by the name of Sima Qian who wrote a historical writing called "Shi Ji" (The Recordings of the Historian), which was completed 91 CE. It took him 13 years before he had finished his work, this book is considered to be traditional China's greatest piece of historical writing and rightly so. The book has 130 chapters and consists of about 500,000 Chinese characters.

Books:

Since almost all of the books I have read are translated into Swedish I haven't bothered to translate the titles back into English again. However, if you would like to know the titles of the originals just ask and I will see what I can do!

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