The rise and glory of Qin Shi Huang's contemporaries in the world
In the long river of history, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were an era full of war and change. During this period, the Central Plains was full of wolves, and the princes were divided, and the princes were in dispute. However, in the glory of this era, Qin Shi Huang, with the assistance of Li Si and other strategists, put forward the strategic policy of "destroying the princes, becoming an emperor, and unifying the world".
It took Qin Shi Huang ten years, from 230 BC to 221 BC, from the attack on Korea to the end of the elimination of Qi, to unify the six kingdoms and establish the unified Qin Dynasty. During this period, the Qin State was definitely one of the best powers. At that time, there were only a handful of people in the world who had established political power and could be called "states", and many regions were still in a state of transition in semi-primitive societies.
When Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, major political changes were also taking place in various countries around the world. At the same time that the Qin State was dominating the world, ancient India was experiencing the rise of the Mauryan Empire. In 321 BCE, Chandragupta staged a coup d'état with the assistance of Brahmin advisers, captured the capital, deposed the former king Nanda, and established himself as the new king. Subsequently, he waged war to unify the Ganges Valley in North India and established the powerful Mauryan Empire. During this period, ancient India was strong, its economy developed rapidly, and Buddhism rose rapidly. Literary works such as the Makabharata and the Ramayana were written during this period and became famous all over the world.
At the same time, in Japan in the Far East, the Yayoi period was quietly emerging. Although Japan was still in its backward Stone Age, the magnificence of Qin Shi Huang's unification of the Six Kingdoms contrasted sharply with the pristine state of Japan. The Qin soldiers wielded bronze weapons, while the Japanese chased deer and wild boars in the dark, damp caves of the mountains, dressed in rudimentary animal skins and making simple bows and arrows out of stones and sticks. Japan did not yet have the concept of a state, the economy was collected in the wild, the writing was Jomon, and pottery and terracotta figurines gradually appeared.
However, during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, Japan's fortunes changed dramatically. Legend has it that Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu across the sea in search of the secret recipe for immortality. Xu Fu brought boys and girls, advanced materials and production technology to distant Japan. Although this legend has a certain mythological component, it also reflects the influence of the Qin state on the surrounding area. The legend of Xu Fu became a mysterious and intriguing episode in the intersection of the Qin Shi Huang era and Japanese history.
During this period, not only in Asia, but also in the Mediterranean, great political changes took place. The Seleucid Kingdom, also known as the "Tiaozhi", was founded by Seleucus I, a subordinate of Alexander the Great. The country was the most extensive of the Hellenistic states, with Syria as its center, including present-day Armenia. However, in 221 BCE, Antiochus III reigned, and he lost Asia Minor in a series of wars, which thwarted the success of the Seleucid kingdom.
Like the Seleucid kingdom, another great power in the Mediterranean was the Roman Republic. At first, Rome was just a small and inconspicuous state, but through continuous efforts, from neighboring countries to Greek city-states, Rome gradually became the hegemon of the Mediterranean and began to control the whole of Greece.
The world during this period, both in the East and in the West, was experiencing turbulent moments of regime change and the rise of states. Qin Shi Huang's hegemony of unifying the six kingdoms, the rise of the Mauryan Dynasty, the exploration of the Yayoi period, and the rise and fall of the Seleucid Kingdom and the Roman Republic constitute a diverse and complex historical picture. In the turmoil of this era, various countries and civilizations have blended with each other and jointly written a chapter in human history.
Behind the Rise: Political Change and Civilizational Exchange
In the unification of the Six Kingdoms by Qin Shi Huang, the rise of the Mauryan Empire, the exploration of the Yayoi period, and the rise and fall of the Seleucid Kingdom and the Roman Republic, political change became the core force to promote the development of history. During this period, countries such as the Qin, Mauryan Empire, and Japan in Asia and the Seleucid Kingdom and the Roman Republic in the Mediterranean were searching for a new political order and consolidating their national power.
Qin Shi Huang's unification of the Six Kingdoms demonstrated his arbitrary determination and ambition to unify the world. He put forward the strategic policy of "destroying the princes, becoming emperors, and unifying the whole world", and unified the six divided countries into a unified system, which laid the foundation for China's later feudal system. However, this process was also accompanied by large-scale reforms, such as the unification of the written language, weights and measures, and the construction of the Great Wall, which laid the foundation for future social stability and development.
At the same time, the Mauryan Empire of ancient India became the overlord of the Indian subcontinent through political consolidation and cultural support. The coup d'état of Chandragupta and the unification of North India created the conditions for Indian civilization to flourish. During this period, Buddhism also rose rapidly and became a part of Indian culture. The advent of literary masterpieces such as the Makabharata and the Ramayana laid the foundation for later literary traditions.
In Japan in the Far East, the political changes of the Yayoi period were reflected in the transition from a primitive state to an agrarian civilization. The legend of Xu Fu crossing the sea, although there are mythological elements, also reflects a certain influence of the Qin State on Japan. The new elements of civilization brought by Xu Fu promoted the transformation of Japanese society, making it gradually move towards the path of farming and smelting, opening a new chapter in Japanese history.
The political strife between the Seleucid kingdom and the Roman Republic in the Mediterranean region marked the rise of Western civilization. The Seleucid kingdom was defeated in the Eastern Wars, but its political reforms and tolerance for all ethnic groups laid the foundation for the later establishment of the Roman Empire. The Roman Republic, on the other hand, gradually realized the right of political participation of the common people through political means such as the plebeian movement, forming a unique political system that laid the foundation for the later Roman Empire.
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