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Emperor Qin Shih Huang is known as the Qin dynasty founder and first emperor of unified China. He was credited with China's unification and building the Great Wall of China, which is still a historical marvel. Emperor Qin Shih Huang left a vivid legacy behind that has given birth to modern-day China. Despite having the best intentions for his vision of a unified China, he committed many heinous acts that were deemed unpardonable by the people. He killed scholars out of fear that they would outsmart him and the countless slaves who fell victim during the Great Wall of China's construction. Many have argued that Emperor Qin Shih Huang was a brutal Emperor and tended to overlook his historic contributions to China. His contributions have far surpassed his brutal action; therefore, People remembered Emperor Qin Shih Huang as a great ruler. Qin Shih Huang was born in 259BC. He was named Zheng before assuming his new title. When the King died in 247 B.C., Zheng ascended to King at the young age of thirteen, but at the time of his ascension, Zheng was considered a minor, and because of his young age, the prime Minister Lu Buwei acted in his stead for the first eight years. In 235 B.C., it implicated that Lu Buwei was romantically involved with the queen and being the father of Zheng; because of this, Lu was stripped of his posts and banished to a remote area of Qin where he committed suicide by drinking poison. At the age of 24 years old, Zheng assumed full control over the kingdom of Qin. During the time of 475-221 B.C., or what was referred to as the Warring States period, which was characterized by warfare and bureaucratic and military consolidation. China was then divided into various small states, and each had their way of doing things. The countries had been fighting for power, and when a state won, they could take over another country. (Qin Shi