The First Emperor of China
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Qin Shi Huang 259 BC -- 210 BC. was the king of the Chinese State of Qin from 246 BC to 221 BC, during the Warring States Period. He became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BC He ruled until his death in 210 BC at the age of 49. Calling himself the First Emperor after China's unification, Qín Shǐ Huáng is a pivotal figure in Chinese history, ushering in nearly two millennia of imperial rule. After unifying China, he and his chief advisor Li Si passed a series of major economic and political reforms. He undertook gigantic projects, including building and unifying various sections of the Great Wall of China, the now famous city-sized mausoleum guarded by the life-sized Terracotta Army, and a massive national road system.
The scene when Qin Shi Huang begged Heaven for immortality was kind of heart wrenching. The actor did a splendid job of portraying his anguish.
He did not beg heaven for immortality. There is no evidence that he has.
He felt he accomplished so much and so why should he has to die? Plus he was scared of what he had to face in the afterlife for ppl he killed. He started askin god either protect me wen I die or lemme live forever
The most powerful man in the ancient world, yet he felt so helpless
No god but allah
Chinese History is really interesting, China has always been a very fascinating civilization on our Planet !
Just another Atheist The History of every nation is fascinating and China has one of the longest histories.
Just another Atheist Leader without wisdom or love. At the end,he died from his own foolishness.
Badmarn Chokholdar Yeah OK says the documentary. They don't even know how long the terracotta took to make or excavated the entire tomb so we don't know shit.
+Just another Atheist Oh especially their contributions such as medicine and everyday items we now take for granted. Some fascinating stuff right there. I don't know about anyone else, but I consider toilet paper a huge big deal of an invention than pre-sliced bread loafs or using gun powder in military warfare/conquest. LOL
+Just another Atheist Finna go to China next year =)
He did achieve immortality. Everything he created still stands today. Not just walls and tombs, but a nation and it’s people.
Very
plus his own legacy. even tho he had the shortest dynasty , he is for sure top 3 most famous emperors out of all of them
A Qin general name Zhao Tuo after the Qin dynasty fell, he founded the Nam Việt kingdom /Triệu dynasty in south China and north Vietnam
First realistic dynasty of Vietnam. Shiji chap 22
Quite true, but not in the way he thought
@@theolich4384 YES YES YES
agreed
1:21:49 - Oscar worthy performance, I truly felt the Emperor's pain.
I envy these historians... to be able to touch things so old, so historically precious.
queenesther09 in fact they are tomb raiders.Imagine somebody going in your tomb , centuries from now ,disturbing your peace .imagine if the dead could talk .No wonder this 🌎 is going to hell.
Do you believe this? I suggest you to read the book The Cambridge History of China, volume 1, THE STATE AND EMPIRE OF CHIN. Then come back to watch this, you won't be disappointed.
queenesther09 Q
Mamady Traore .....Has nothing to do with Hell. I seriously doubt the dead mind. Rather they may, could they but know, be delighted to pass on their history.
@@mamadytraore5797 now Just get Lara Croft to visit his tomb lol!
Truly impressive...stubborn, aggressive & futuristic 1st Emperor of China. Let the legend live, long live the Emperor.
Someone should make a documentary about Liu Bang, first emperor of the Han.
Jyotirmoy Kashyap I very much agree
No wonder the World still has so many wars. Despite all the knowledge acquired people still venerate mass murderers. The Qin Emperor was talented. But cruel. How can you venerate cruelty unless your deluded.
@@colinellesmere Even you can define leaders of the nations also cruel during this pandemic of Covid 19 as they have to impose penalties, ruthless police action to make us safe. Who knows what history make out of them. To rule & to hold power you need to be ruthless too I guess. Though personally I want to live in a happy planet without these evil.
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This is the most detailed documentary of Emperor Qin Shi Huang that I've ever watched :)
I think the Warring States period is underrated. Its very interesting with all the story of the First Unification of China. Because it involved lots of country, lots of wars, lots of intrigue in politics, massive armies, great generals etc.
Yes it's very interesting about Chinese history specially in qin dynasty and the emperor of all China that conquering all six kingdom and unified him as one.
yes the 7 warring states warred for over 500 years but it took the first emperor ying zheng 10-30 years to end them all. But that is not only because he brilliant he had help from 2 out of the 4 greatest generals of the ENTIRE warring states period. Bai Qi and and wang jian
@@Tony-kj7ui Don't think that's Qin Shi Huang effort alone. 2 generation prior it was obvious that Qin was dominating. He was much like Alexander the Great - the culmination of Philip II's effort.
@@theolich4384 no it was thanks to his great grandfather who ruled for 55 years and destroyed the eastern zhou and took out their rival at the battle of chu by killing 450k zhao army at chanping
Very good documentary. Didn't know China had such interesting history. We weren't taught African and Asian history in school so learning this right now is amazing.
You weren't? Where do you live?
+ pourlaterreverte Clearly our country.
Sharon Ivy Well... to be fair we wad taught a little bit of China but only how they became communists. African history is totally absent... unless you consider Egyptians as part of African history.
Sharon Ivy ..... Here in the U.S., we aren’t taught much. Our education has been dumbed down. And now, our nation can’t find from its own populace enough trained or highly educated workers of all levels to fill jobs in this present need.
now you know that china is not only popular for fake stuffs but also in heir great and very outstanding history..
A fine example of how a documentary should be constructed.... Tysm for uploading.
From an entertainment/performance standpoint ONLY, I'd like to say that I liked the casting of this documentary, especially the emperor himself. He's just the right type to convey the intended image: iron-hard, but not very likable despite his charisma, even a bit of a greaseball, and crazy towards the end. James Pax (the actor) also does a good job of depicting the Emperor at several ages. This is really good work.
This docu-drama is great! I was in 6th grade when it premiered on the Discovery Channel and after watching it I developed an interest in Ancient China and read numerous books on the civilization. Qin Shi Huangdi was a ruthless and domineering yet very successful ruler. James Pax played him excellently! When I saw the third "Mummy" movie I immediately saw parallels between the executions of General Ming with Lao Ai 0:34:41 and the characters of Zi yuan and Lady Zhao 0:32:23, I thought it was interesting how that historical event was represented in the film. Thanks for uploading this!
I live for documentaries like these. Feels like I'm there with them. Great job!
My goodness that actor who plays the emperor is freaking good. What a skill!
This is a masterpiece! Thank you for providing us with this extremely detailed history! Loves!
Thank you for uploading this. I am very interested in Chinese history ... and this in English language is another bonus.
I'm surprised the Emperor lived as long as he did consuming all that mercury on a regular basis. How ironic, that it was his lust for immortality that killed him.
How does one “lust” for immortality? Just sounds awkward, I would use obsession or desire.
For a documentary the actor who portrays the emperor did a really good job almost seemed like a movie.
When this docu started, I felt I had heard all those names before (Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, etc)... turns out the C-Drama 'The King's Woman' kept some of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's story accurate!
1 thing for sure.. CHINA History is AMAZING!.. The best HISTORY ON EARTH
Lol
Go to the china history podcast on RUclips. Amazing channel
Fun Fact: The emperor is played by James Pax who played Lightning in John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China.
+Jachzehn lol you're right
*****
+010101Gaming true
yep
+Satoshi Katsumoto I thought he looked familiar.
We watched this in class getting the first impression that this documentary would be cheesy but by the time our period ended we were all hooked on the drama
Absolutely Amazing. I had to watch this for a class. I was not expecting this! My wife even enjoyed this. Watch it because this is History with entertainment value.
A sword still intact after 2000 years. Now that is something interesting.
He did become immortal he wrote himself into the history books he lives on in things he’s built and the nation he forged
No one complains about Romans speaking English in documentaries and shows, so why are there so many complaints? I remember this series and I was impressed with the effort, I speak both English and Chinese so I had no complaints. It's obvious that English speaking viewers are the intended audience, and reading subtitles is not something most English-speakers like doing, myself included. So stop bitching about them speaking English please!
ok this IS AMERICA PEOPLE
Richard Chen It’s disrespectful because the Chinese language is still being used today you idiot
Gamingsites I don’t u get it
Jacky Phantom I don’t have a problem with the narration being in English. I’m just saying at least the actors should speak Chinese with English subtitles. Just throws me off when they start speaking in plain English lol
Monsterteam well they made the character speak English for some reason
The first Emperor of China has awesome cheekbones. 45:00. I can't imagine such a strong emperor asking how big his spirit army would be. He would tell the makers what is the size.
This is so helpful!. Thank you so much! Chinese history is unbelievable fascinating!
The actor playing the emperor is really good
I agree. His acting matches the narrator.
He was also "Lightning" in "Big Trouble in Little China"
Ikr
it's factual
What's his name?
As a Chinese, I found this documentary extremely odd. It keeps referring Qin Shi Huang as "Legend" (Definition from oxford dictionary: A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated ) and compares him to king Arthur. But in reality the history of the Qin empire and the history before and after this period is so well documented, there were never being regarded as legend /stories. This documentary makes great effort to "Make the story sexy" , it makes me feel they should just turn this into a movie which will give them the creative freedom to romanticise it as they like. At the moment it's just too much drama for a documentary.
Thanks for uploading this. = ) is one of my favorite documentary videos. They did a real good job on it.
Fabulous documentary and a fabulous account of a true ancient Chinese warrior !
I liked it. I think the writer wanted to keep the actor Chinese but still fluent in English so the Americans can enjoy the authentic diversity of talents, while the American Chinese can still be proud of their awesome and rich history.
I mean when was the last time you saw an American actor fluent in Chinese in Hollywood movies?
I remember being a young teen and being so engrossed in this documentary. Amazing work.
One of my favorite Emperor of all the emperors
His reactions to the emperor after 1:26:30 are just priceless.
Everything in this very nice video is accurate. I learned some additional info when traveling in Xian, where he ruled, and where Chinese civilization began over 5000 years ago (there are excellent museums there about this). Unlike that of most kings in history, his tomb is undisturbed and unexcavated. It's in a small man made mountain that can be seen from a highway near the Terra Cotta Warriors museum.
He was very concerned about death and health, and when his first set of doctors failed to improve his failing health at a relatively young age, he had them buried alive...........not a nice guy when frustrated, obviously. His second set of doctors treated him with mercury infused medication, a common treatment at the time, which hastened his death. I asked a local Chinese guide if the second set of doctors could have been seeking vengeance for their predecessors, but this question was quietly and quickly met with a change of subject.
In the Terra Cotta museum store, you can actually meet the farmer, now quite aged, who inadvertently discovered the warriors while digging for a well. He'll autograph a book if you buy it. Photos are officially not allowed, but you can take a photo with him if you give him 20 Yuan (about 3 USD equivalent).
so far it is alright. The only problem that I have found that I did not like is where they said the archaeologist found the army warriors, when in fact it was a Chinese farmer who found and discovered them and reported his findings to the authorities. Its like when the British do documentaries on the castles etc and they say the king built it. When in fact the damn kings could not even manage to put their own clothes on let along build a castle. It was the peasants and mason workers who built them not the damn kings.
HAHAHAhhhahahahaha ! You got that right !
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In the beginning they said a farmer digging a well.
Personally I just wish they would tell us what happened back in the day, and skip the archeology stuff completely. Or just concentrate on the archeology, one or the other. I don't care how they found something, I want to know what happened back in the day.
The Qin emperor was just born in an opportune time, by the time he was emperor the Qin state was already to strongest state by far, the most difficult wars and most powerful states have been defeated by his predecessor, so he was just at the right place and the right time to conquer the other weakened states despite his mental issues. But because of his mental issues we get something like the Terracotta army, life size representation of real people to guard his afterlife, if it was a less crazy emperor he will not have spend all those money and resources to construct something so wondrous which will cause the Qin the collapse soon after his death. So in many ways we can thank him from history perspective for leaving us with such monuments but if you were a citizen of the Qin or those subjugated by them at that time, you will not want to live under such a brutal and irrational emperor.
The strongest at that time.? No. When shi huang arrive from zhao, Chu is the strongest kingdom. Shi huang is fated to unify China. It was pure effort and struggle for Qin to unifying the whole land under her
Thanks for all of the effort put into this! I can finally know the history and it is interesting!! :)
I wish I could find the soundtrack to this. The last piece played when the scientists confirm that the Emperor's tomb was as described, and flowed quicksilver forever... It sends shivers up my spine every time.
It's not awkward that they speak English. It's a documentary for english speaking people. I'm sure there are hundreds of documentaries made for Chinese. Be happy foreigners also want to know your history.
By the way, this instinct of over-analysing everything that comes from where you come from and everything that has something to do with you must reflect your idea of perfection, it's actually a sign of a really hurt ego.
I also can't understand why there is a racial argument going on here. I'm from Brazil, but I want to know Chinese history. The end. Can't people simply feel happy to get a bit of culture through this documentary and leave aside those dumb racial complexes, prejudices and 'everything is racist' comments?
PF Woody ......Well put. I agree. Thank you. Seems people have to gripe.
PF Woody you go and tell them. Well said and true. I love history in all culture. Its fascinating for me, for I am Polynesian. Learning and discovering is amazing.
Stupid people think this is a real person and real time and he is speaking English. It's a documentary not real
Probably the best comment I've ever read. We're all humans at the end of the day.
Exactly I'm an American and 15 but I prefer Chinese roman Greek Egyptian and all that history way more then I like American history
This should remind anyone that there is no such thing as "the end of history". Life is fluid and dynamic and any attempt for total control and total security is ultimately bound to fail no matter the amount of wealth and military force it might garner. Food for thought for imperial nations that believe they dominate the world today.
After everything the emperor went through, conquering six city states, becoming the first emperor and achieving a unified empire, he did indeed become immortal. I believe this to be the greatest tale of whom I believe to be the greatest emperor in Chinese history.
The greatest emperor to live is Genghis Khan..
Genghis Khan destroyed more than he built but Emperor Qin built a United China ever since his time.
@@heartmind6373 No since he didn't establish a Mongolian civilization that can assimilate other ethnicities as Shi Huangdi did.
I enjoyed participating in the making of this program especially getting to meet the great scholars Yuan Zhongyi and Duan Qingbo whose scholarship on the First Emperor’s tomb remains key to our understanding of early Chinese history. I am however embarrassed by my performance and by the errors in the narration.
What about your performance and what errors?
Nothing to be embarrassed about 99.9 of the people enjoy it
What did you do in the documentary? I bet you did a very good job.
Edit: Oh, you're Jeffrey Riegel. Man! You did a very good job, you obviously know your stuff!
I don't know why, but the most powerful man on the planet genuinely wanting to become a seagull so he can shoot giant fish is the best thing ever.
It really is one of the better part of the Chinese culture.
Lol
The emperor that he think he is a seagod a gaintfish
china is super amazing start from 210 BC untill now.
I am very glad I found this video. Highly informative. Thank you!
Thank you for upload very informative & enlightening.Not boring at all well done
The scale of this is impossible to imagine. The size of the armies. the bloodthirsty battles, the number of people dead and wounded must’ve covered the landscape. The immensity of it all is awe-inspiring. It is only recently that China seems to have woken up and connected with the outside world. I wish I had learned about it earlier, all my interests in history have been surpassed by that of China I’m determined to go there, no matter what.
this documentary was superb, the acting, the history, all very good felt like a half hour run even though it was over an hour run time
There is only one WAY
For CHIN
To SURVIVE
AND THAT IS TO CONCAAAAAAA
Bridget Dunleavy CONCAAAA you nailed it!
perfect XD
What is this from
I think it's conquer.
Why you is make fun of our ascsccent??? :(
We are descendants and glad he unified China..for one writing.. it doesn’t matter what dialect you speak, we totally understand when you write in Chinese.. ..! This is GREAT..!
说的对
It's crazy that they found all this live footage.
Also crazy he spoke English!
better camera man then the blair witch
ye well china was advanced back then but they stuck to their ways thats why they shit now
It's comments like this that make me sad there isn't a comment section that goes with regular TV.
Puerile comment.
I feel like youtube has less and less documentaries every year
so true
Yup :(
THANKS FOR POSTING,great history
The actor who plays as emperor Qin Shi Huang does a great job he just radiates power and authority. As time goes on great men and women have and will continue to contribute to the would even after there life and nations have ended. My question is how many others of histories greats have we not yet found? Makes me wonder.
in every China history of film is learning..
nice scenery as always..
+ affects
😥 so many libraries in ancient times turned to ash...I wonder how much further along in development the intellect of the human race would be if it wasn't for these tragedies.
Yeah like they may have had better memes then than we do now.
That's one of the unfortunate things about history, so many records get lost or destroyed because of wars and madmen. Humanity would likely be a spacefaring civilization by now travelling the cosmos otherwise.....
I know right
I am glad this is in English. I watch documentaries for pleasure/entertainment, as well as, learning. I watch a lot of foreign films/tv and have to rely on subtitles, but I find that often I must watch something several times to understand it completely since constantly reading the bottom of the screen can detract from the picture. You need the words and the visuals to understand videos. If it were written or simply an audio program, it might be different. When viewing movies/tv I enjoy listening to the language and trying to learn some words...also, it helps to learn how to pronounce the words. Thank you for this informative historical documentary video.
The British Museum actually used some of the scenes from this in their exhibition of the Terracotta Army when I went there
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Your teacher searched for this
and you know it's true.
lmao legit watching rn with my class
Ivan Moreno nah nah on our computers in a zoom
shit mate you got me
soo true lol
shit, ya got me
A strikingly brilliant remake of the Qin Dynasty, although, I believe, there are many assumptions rather than real history. As a documentary, its attractiveness outperforms a good movie. Being a Chinese myself, I still admire and feel amazed by the Chinese characters unified in the Qin Dynasty. Think about it, the Chinese characters that were unified 2,000 years ago are still being used by the largest numbers of people on earth in the 21st century! What a miracle indeed! They are live cultural fossils. So proud that I speak them and write them as a mother tongue. Of course, people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau should be prouder as they are still using the traditional Chinese characters, which are exactly the same as they were in Qing dynasty, rather than a simplified version.
Wow never knew this. Thank you 😊
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i had to watch part of this for my mandarin homework and honestly this is the most exiting languages homework Iv'e ever had i watched it all and its amazing you guys did this tale justice
documentary of.... the first emperor, the great wall, terracotta warriors, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and chinese inventions are very interesting.
Very strange feeling, looking at my ancestry, Life was so harsh back then..and so discipline..I am curious to see inside the tomb, Hope China will open it one day,.....
+Morley Yan Yes , open this shit already lol.
+Morley Yan
never open it
+michael tsang ,....Because of Respect,..The People can visit and pay Respect,..People visit, the Wall, the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Army, Why not the Emperor,....A point can be made,.to leave him in Peace,...
+Morley Yan Yeah I find it really strange that they haven't bothered to open it yet.
+Reality Vanguard They still haven't tech to make sure that the 'treasures ' inside will be protected.Because this tomb had been closed for 2000 yrs old.Once it is opened, the colors of the artifacts may fade immediately.Moreover, they still haven't finishing repairing the terra-cotta artifacts in the other pits.
The emperor used flex tape to fix all the provinces together
after him,every emperor in china used the title he made:皇帝
Remember seeing the Terracotta soldiers in Xian (1997) , travelling alone in China ...one of my most difficult trip because I could not speak the language ( manage with Lonely planet 2 inches thick guide book in English and Chinese) I remember how amazing it was.....I'm glad today to know the real story of these magnificent Soldiers Terracotta.
The details added to the terracotta soldiers is amazing, they all seem to be completely unique. Their armor, hair, faces, hands, etc.. They look almost like real people frozen in stone. It's so cool.
I like how Li Su basically predicted the Three Kingdoms era
+SadeGames Li Si!
What?
The team that Qin Shi Huang sent to find the elixir never came back and started Japan on the island.
How?
LMAO 🤣
Yeah, that man called Xu Fu, he even got a statue in Japan
woow
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Fu
I absolutely love this show has lots of facts and historical events
thank you for the video because i really need this for a history test tomorrow
"Control the food and the fear; and you control the rat"-Sounds like the story of the human race
Thanks for this. Now I grow more POWERFUL!!!
@@gerloke914 You don't become more powerful by hearing a quote !
Interesting documentary. Thanks for the upload.
(Fun fact: The Emperor was portrayed by James Pax who played Lightning in Big Trouble in Little China.)
if this is intended for non Chinese speaking audience then I agree with actors conversing in English because too many times when actors conversing in Chinese the English subs are often mistranslated or inaccurate
capespring ......Or at least tedious.
Mercury poisoning for years, I pitied his will to prolong his life. Paranoia after. Lead the first Emperor's death.
When they burned all those scrolls, the emperor made sure to keep ONE copy of each of them in his personal library, just in case. Ironically, this library was destroyed in a fire later down the line.
A brilliant and educational film. The excellence of those ancient artisans is truly remarkable! Bad luck he was conned into taking that Mercury.
great story, i learned so much from this history.
These are some of the best battles I've seen in documentaries. I was disappointed this wasn't about the semi-mythological emperors of Shang/Xia but it's a great documentary none the less.
Fascinating documentary! I really enjoyed this one.
I use this video when teaching Ancient History - China. My 6th grade students love it.
The search for the elixir of eternal life lead to the island of Japan, which the Yayoi people will eventually dominate the Jomon native people. These guys bring bronze technology and agricultural farming techniques to the natives.
Why do they need bronze when they have iron and steel?
@@gerloke914
The natives at this time were still in the Stone Age. So they didn’t have any metal tools yet. However, they were very sophisticated hunter gatherers and they represent a very anomalous occurrence in human history.
You see, in all other parts of the world, hunter gatherers were nomads who followed animals from place to place. But because of the small size of the individual Japanese islands, the animals didn’t typically migrate very far. So the native population prior to the Japanese speaking peoples from the mainland were settled hunter gatherers with large settlements and towns.
Two tombs today in China remain perhaps, the most mysterious....the tomb of Qin Shihuang and the other being, Wu Zetian...And their commonalities were, their supreme power at the height of their empires
But, perhaps the greatest mystery lies in the tomb of Genghis Khan! Until now, even its location, likely within China, remains a suspense...
This is just amazing. I am going to Xi An this December and visit the underground soldiers. I'm so excited . If this documentary is true as it is, then emperor qin was an amazing emperor, although not the kindest.
take me with youuu!!! 😫😫😩😩
Thanks for the great video upload and thanks for taking the time for us
I don't know why someone complain that Qin people speak but even though qin people speak Chinese mandarin actually Qin people only speak ancient Chinese which sounds totally different from Chinese mandarin
Pronunciation would probably be closer to modern Tibetan.
@@theolich4384 no
I really love this documentary. It provided me a more visual representation of what happened during that time. :)
Great movie about him with Gong Li 'The Emperor and the Assassin'
10 metres = 32ft high
5000km = 3106 miles wide
This is a superb documentary! I wonder if his tomb is as glorious and intact as King Tut’s.
Who looking at this for school work.
me
me
Came for school work stayed for the china scenes
I do enjoy Chinese history.
I have a great love and admiration for foreign culture :)
love this documentary!
I went to High Museum in Atlanta years ago to witness the exhibition of the Terracotta Army and the scale of each piece was amazingly overwhelming. I didn't expect them to be so life like. The details of craftsmanship is something I've never experienced again. And to stand so close to something so rich in history I have great reverence for the creators and restoration.
Atlanta?
兵马俑只是一个陪葬坑，由于以前的文物保护技术不够，兵马俑表面的彩绘出土时全都脱落了，刚出土时美的不真实。
而且兵马俑仅占了六百分之一的面积，他真正的陵墓被保护着禁止发掘，不敢想象主墓里会有什么惊世骇俗的陪葬品。
He just proved that why Chinese love dolls.
He seems like a huge fan
Are people seriously comparing Roman Empire to China? Roman Empire has like, what, 100k soldiers at most at any moment of its period? Do you know how many troops each feudal lord of China at the same period commanded? At least 100k each. Qing Emperor, at the time when he unified China, had a million strong. Roman Empire has no way to win against a Chinese Zerg attack.
But Roman were smart and had tactics with battle formation and most of all courage to fight with minimal numbers.
If you give emperor number of soldiers to Roman imagine what Roman could do on earth.
the roman empire would have been destroyed by china. chinese generals like Bai Qi , Han Xin and sun tzu are all legendary and undefeated and chinas weapons were unmatched. and also the chinese did clash with romans or greeks and defeated them
100000 romans can defeat any army under a competent commander theyve defeeated 200000 warriors in britain and they were only 10000 I dont remember exact numbers but about there . They were professionals .
If you go to the terracotta warriors and horses pit in Xi'an, you can see that the Qin army had not only infantry but also cavalry and crossbowmen. They, too, are well-disciplined and have been in the army for hundreds of years!
Roman were more tactical then Chinese it is not easy to win over so many Empire's and you are not accurate about their numbers in that period population was less then that is now and under Roman Empire there was also about 10 to 15 million people living including provinces there plus in China same amount of population if could be more
Very Interesting ! I LOVE HISTORY ! ! !
AND !
Now we know where one of the recent "Mummy" cinema spectaculars got their basic story !
yeah! but I don't get it why they had to name the emperor simply Han. that's lame