Qin Shihuang was born in 259 BC and ascended the throne in 247 BC. In 221 BC, he established the first unified feudal dynasty in ancient Chinese history.
All six countries were under the command of Qin . Before that, China had no idea of "Emperor" . So after Ying Zheng unifies the six kingdoms, he proudly named himself " First Emperor " .
We think the Qin Empire was very powerful at that time, so what about the development of other countries in the world during the same period?
Japanese
At that time, Japan was in the Yayoi era , and its development was quite backward.
Yaoi era was from 300 BC to 250 AD. China has gone from Spring and Autumn period to Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties . The social system has developed greatly, while Japan is basically still standing still.
In the Yayoi era, Japan had a planting industry, and large-scale rice was planted as food. bronze ware , iron ware and other tools were gradually popularized and used in agricultural cultivation.
According to the legend of Xu Fu going to the east , Xu Fu is the Japanese that arrived in Japan during the Yayoi era. Japan's agricultural development and the renewal of farming equipment were all brought by Xu Fu.
Before Xu Fu brought them advanced civilization, the Japanese indigenous people were basically still living by hunting, and the tools they used were also stone tools.
Seeing the Qin people that traveled to the east, the Japanese knew that there was a country with highly developed civilizations overseas. After a certain accumulation, the Japanese began to sail and went to find the Qin people's homeland .
So they came to China. At that time, the emperor in China was Emperor Guangwu of Eastern Han Liu Xiu . Then, the Japanese happily accepted the Han Japanese seal awarded by Guangwu and made up their minds to learn cultural knowledge from China.
When was the Bronze Age of in my country? Shangchao . During the Shang Dynasty, our ancestors used bronze to make various utensils and ornaments.
Of course, the Japanese have been studying hard and making progress quite fast, and have been persisting in learning Chinese culture for hundreds of years. During the Tang Dynasty, many envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty came to systematically learn the Chinese characters and the Tang Dynasty system.
North Korea
North Korea is also a country that has been learning Chinese culture and has a deep bond with China. China's official history has been recorded in North Korea since The Warring States Period , and the establishment of North Korea is also related to the ancient Chinese .
During the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Yi had a younger brother named Jizi . When the two dynasties of Shang and Zhou alternated, he ran to the Korean Peninsula due to unrest and established a regime there.
to Zhou Dynasty , Zhou Dynasty King Wu simply rewarded North Korea as a fiefdom to Jizi, which is the earliest country in North Korea - Jizi North Korea .
Although Japan was writing history for itself, the birth of the first generation of Shenwu Emperor was set in the reign of King Xi of Zhou in our country, which was probably from 682 BC to 677 BC.
But Emperor Shenwu comes from Japanese mythology, it is hard to say whether there is this person or not. From this point of view, North Korea's history is actually much longer than that of Japan.
In fact, "Jizi North Korea" is said to be a country, but to be more precise, it is actually an tribal alliance.
When Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, North Korea was still under the social system of tribal countries. Fortunately, North Korea has always supported the Chinese emperors, so it has developed well.
Later, there was a Yan native named Weiman . He entered North Korea at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, overthrew the Korean regime established by Jizi and established himself as king. This country is known in history as Weiman .
Weiman is very diligent and the country is developing quite fast, so fast that even Emperor Wu of Han felt threatened. He quickly raised troops and expeditioned to Korea in 109 BC. It took two years to destroy Weiman North Korea. established the four counties of Han .
United States
Although the United States is powerful nowadays, it is as coquettish as a world policeman. Corresponding to the Qin Dynasty, the United States was still indigenous Indians , and was dominating .
The history of the United States is very short. The Indians controlled the North American continent for a long time. It was not until the end of the 15th century that colonists from European countries began to immigrate to the United States .
To trace the ancestors of Indians 4, we have to return to Asia . According to modern scientific research, Indians migrated from Asia to North American in about 40,000 years ago.
When European colonists discovered the North American continent, the Indians there were still in the primitive tribal system, relying on wild fruits and hunting with rough tools, and there was no question of agricultural development at all.
Africa
However, it is surprising that although African countries are so backward now, African countries were quite developed during the Qin Dynasty.
Africa dynasties at that time were Ptolemaic and Carthage . Ptolemaic rule was from 238 to 235 BC, and Carthage was from the 8th century BC to 146 BC.
The pioneer of Ptolemy was a general under Alexander the Great . He began to expand his power everywhere since 323 BC and finally established the Ptolemy dynasty.
Carthage is a city-state established by the Phoenicians . It slowly developed into slavery and had a vast territory. even monopolized maritime trade in the Western Mediterranean region for a time. Unfortunately, such a powerful empire eventually lost to the army of Roman Empire .
However, based on comprehensive comparison, the strongest national strength and highest level of civilization at that time was the Great Qin Empire at that time.
