Someone once made statistics that the strength of the Qin state began from the Qin Wengong period, because it was under his efforts that the Qin state was really on the right track.
From the beginning of him to the unification of the six kingdoms by Qin Shi Huang, there were seven or eight kings with achievements before and after.
For example, Qin Wengong, who put the Qin state on the right track, broke the Western Rong, collected the zhou dynasty immigrants, and then expanded the territory to the maximum extent in the southern conquest and the northern war, which made the qin state look like a real princely state.
There was also Qin Wugong, who in addition to the Hao clan, defeated all the surrounding Rong clans, and invented the county system, which can be described as a great contribution.
When it came to Qin Mugong, it was not to mention, he was one of the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons", which directly elevated the Qin State to the ranks of powerful countries.
There are also the Qin Li Gonggong, Qin Xiaogong, Qin Huiwen Wang, and Qin Zhaoxiang Wang, some of whom withstood the drastic changes of the times and smoothly transitioned from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Era, and some of them worked hard to govern and elevate the country to the status of hegemony.
It can be said that they all have a dream in their hearts, that is, to defeat other princely states and achieve great unification.
Under the insistence of this concept, the kings of the Qin State made unremitting efforts from generation to generation, and finally achieved this great goal during the Qin Dynasty.
Time is moving forward, and humanity is progressing.
Although in the distant 2,000 years ago, the land of China ushered in this earth-shaking change and progress, and for the first time, a truly unified country appeared, but we can't help but wonder, in the same period, what are the other countries in the world doing?
Contemporaneous Japan
First of all, let's talk about neighboring Japan, according to the "Book of Han", before the Qin and Han immigrants arrived in Japan, the life of the japanese indigenous people was very backward, they could not weave, they could not grow crops, and they seemed to be living in the primitive era.
In other words, the natives were still wearing animal furs and made a living by hunting, without a state, without an army, and not even a slavery system.
Therefore, Japan at this time is known as the "Yayoi Period".
In the weeks in which it is done, the development of civilization must follow a certain order, such as the primitive social society, then the slave society, and then the later feudal society.
If we look at the stage of development, it is divided into the stage of primitive civilization, the stage of agricultural civilization and later industrial civilization.
Therefore, it can be concluded that if it were not for the immigration of Han Chinese during the Qin and Han dynasties, Japan may have remained in a state of primitive civilization.
Contemporaneous Europe
Although Japan was very backward at this time, Europe was very developed. According to historical records, there were no countries such as France and Britain in Europe at that time, and the land of Europe was ruled by the Roman Empire.
Roman civilization is not only one of the four ancient civilizations, but also one of the sources of Western civilization, with high achievements in mathematics, architecture, culture, astronomy and other fields.
Take architecture, for example, a simple toilet, which can make modern people breathtaking.
Why?
There is a city called Ephesus on the Aegean Sea, which was occupied by the Roman Empire in 133 BC and subsequently designated as the Asian capital of Rome.
Since it is the capital, it is bound to build a large number of buildings, of which the construction of toilets has become a top priority.
It's no joke, Europeans can't squat for physical reasons, which is the so-called "Asian squat", so they have to sit when they go to the toilet.
Then more than 2,000 years ago, if you want to polish a stone slab of uniform size, the difficulty can be imagined. Not to mention that it is even more difficult to chisel out the right size of the seat.
In other words, if you want to build a qualified toilet, in addition to the need for excellent construction technology, there are very high requirements for iron smelting technology and transportation technology.
However, if we look at the "Ephesus Ancient Roman Men's Toilet" that has been passed down to the present day, although it has a history of more than 2,000 years, it is no worse than today's toilet.
As for why ancient Rome could have such a superb civilization, this is inseparable from their code, under the presumption of Roman law, the country was stable and harmonious, and talents emerged during the period, which made the Roman Empire prosperous.
It can be said that Europe, which was the same era as the Qin Empire, was ruled by the Roman Empire using laws, and it was well ruled.
Other regions
As for the countries in Africa and other regions, in fact, there was not much difference from Japan at that time, they did not know how to farm, could not smelt iron, and basically lived in groups of primitive tribes.
So looking back, more than 2,000 years ago, there were not many countries in the world, and civilizations were relatively backward, and in the highly developed civilizations, ancient Egypt had long since died, and ancient Greece was nearing the end, leaving China and the Roman Empire.
However, the only one who can persist until now is China.