- Part I: The Rise of Qín
- Introduction (Read this!)
- Dramatis Personae (Read this!)
- Chapter 1 The Birth of Zhào Zhèng, Prince of the State of Qín
- Chapter 2 The Early Years: Military Expansion
- Chapter 3 Year 8 (239 BC): Rebellions
- Chapter 4 Year 10 (237 BC): A Chancellor Dismissed in Disgrace
- Chapter 5 The Rise of Lǐ Sī, a Legalist in Action
- Chapter 6 Years 13-18 (234-229 BC): Conquest & Slaughter
- Chapter 7 Year 19 (228 BC): The King’s Mother Dies
- Chapter 8 Year 20 (227 BC): An Assassination Attempt
- Chapter 9 Years 22-25 (225-222 BC): Qín Becomes Unconquerable
- Chapter 10 Year 26 (220 BC): Taking Stock; Qín Controls the Whole Land
- Chapter 11 A New Title for the King of Qín
- Review Quizzes for Part I:
Dramatis Personae Quiz
Procursus Quiz
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- Part II: China United
- Dramatis Personae
- Chapter 12 A New Order, Founded in Severity
- Chapter 13 Lǐ Sī & Merit-Based Rewards
- Chapter 14 Building Conformity
- Chapter 15 Years 27-28/1-2 (220-219 BC): The Emperor Makes Tours of Inspection
- Chapter 16 The Emperor’s Poem of Self-Praise at Mount Liángfù
- Chapter 17 The Emperor’s Inscription at Mount Chéng Praising Qín
- Chapter 18 The Inscription Continues
- Chapter 19 Fairy Islands & the Tripod of Power
- Chapter 20 Year 29/4 (218 BC): The Inscriptions at Mount Zhīfú
- Chapter 21 Year 31/6 (216 BC): Brigands
- Chapter 22 Year 32/7 (215 BC): Immortals Sought; City Walls Destroyed to Deter Rebels
- Chapter 23 Year 33/8 (214 BC): Convicts, Conscripts, & Frontiers
- Chapter 24 Year 349 (213 BC): The Old Elite Seeks Restoration
- Chapter 25 Burning Books & Burying Scholars
- Chapter 26 Year 35/10 (212 BC): A New Capital, New Palaces
- Review Quizzes for Part II:
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- Part III: Invincibility & Immortality
- Dramatis Personae
- Chapter 27 The Emperor Studies How to Live Forever
- Chapter 28 Punishing Gossips
- Chapter 29 Discontent Among the Officials
- Chapter 30 The Emperor’s Self-Justification
- Chapter 31 The Crown Prince Speaks Up & Is Punished
- Chapter 32 32: Year 36 (211 BC): An Omen Appears
- Chapter 33 Unsettling Thoughts
- Chapter 34 Year 37/12 (210 BC): A New Tour of Inspection
- Chapter 35 Another Glorious Inscription
- Chapter 36 The Expedition Continues Without Good News
- Review Quizzes for Part III:
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- Part IV: Succession
- Dramatis Personae
- Chapter 37 The Emperor Dies, a State Secret
- Chapter 38 A Forgery Is Prepared; So Are Fish
- Chapter 39 The Imperial Tomb
- Chapter 40 Year 1 of the Second Emperor (209 BC): Revising the Rites
- Chapter 41 Touring To Show Imperial Power
- Chapter 42 Zhào Gāo Takes Revenge
- Chapter 43 The Princes Must Die
- Review Quizzes for Part IV:
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- Part V: Excess & Restraint
- Dramatis Personae
- Chapter 44 Palace Building for the Second Emperor
- Chapter 45 Rebellion
- Chapter 46 Year 2 (208 BC): Rebellion Spreads
- Chapter 47 Zhào Gāo Sequesters the Emperor
- Chapter 48 What Is the Use of Law?
- Chapter 49 Year 3 (207 BC): Zhào Gāo Has Lǐ Sī Executed
- Chapter 50 Zhào Gāo Declares a Stag To Be a Horse
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- Chapter 51 Zhào Gāo’s Military Sense Fails
- Chapter 52 Zhào Gāo Plots the Emperor’s Death
- Chapter 53 The Second Emperor’s Last Wishes
- Chapter 54 The End of a Dynasty
- Chapter 55 The Death of Zhào Gāo & the Division of Qín
- Review Quizzes for Part V:
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- Quizzes Spanning All Parts:
General Quiz
Name Quiz
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