Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇) was the king of Qin from 246 BC to 221 BC and emperor of the Qin dynasty from 221 BC to 210 BC. He unified the six major, warring, and disparate Chinese states through the Qin Wars of Unification and introduced sweeping reforms that swept away the corruption, decay, and fragmentation that had persisted for over 500 years after the fall of the Zhou dynasty. These reforms laid the foundation for the preservation of China, its cultural heritage, and its geographical uni