Map Of The Qin Dynasty

The Qin Dynasty was the first dynasty (221 - 206 BCE) to unite China into one country. Qin controlled most of the eastern border of modern day China. The red and white territory is what Qin controlled and the outline in black is modern day China. The northern border was protected by what is now the Great Wall of China. The border expanded as high as the Huang He, and as low as what is now Vietnam. On the eastern border is what is now called the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Qin used China’s first military to conquer new land and expand the area of China. The capital was Xianyang as compared to the modern day capital of Beijing. Before the Qin Dynasty was the Warring States Period. This was when China wasn’t a united nation and all the states would fight for themselves and against each other for land and resources. The map above was split into many different territories. The country didn’t extend as far south or north as the Qin Dynasty does. This is because the States spent more time fighting each other rather than trying to get new land.