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Also known as State of Qin, Qinguo, Ch'in, Chin, Tsine, Ch'in-kuo, Chin-kuo, State of Ch'in
Chinese state from the 9th century BC to 207 BC
Key facts
- Capital
- Quanqiu ( 犬丘 ) Qinyi ( 秦邑 ) Qian ( 汧 ) Pingyang ( 平陽 ) Yong ( 雍 ) Jingyang ( 涇陽 ) Yueyang Xianyang
- Common languages
- Old Chinese
- Religion
- Chinese folk religion Ancestor veneration
- Government
- Monarchy
- Established
- 9th century BC
- Founded by feizi
- 860 BC?
- Enfeoffment by ping of zhou
- 770 BC
- Declared empire
- 221 BC
- Dissolution
- 207 BC
- Currency
- Ban Liang coins
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Seven Warring States
- Religion
- Chinese folk religion
- Country
- Zhou dynasty
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Xianyang
- Official language
- Old Chinese
- Currency
- ancient Chinese coinage
- Form of government
- absolute monarchy
- Political ideology
- Fengjian
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0221-00-00
- inception
- 0905-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Qin (state)
- described by source
- Records of the Grand Historian
- replaced by
- Qin dynasty
- replaces
- Eastern Zhou
- Commons category
- Qin (state)
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofChina
Qin (CHIN, /tʃɪn/, or Ch'in) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. It is traditionally dated to 897 BC. The state of Qin originated from a reconquest of western lands that had previously been lost to the Xirong. Its location at the western edge of Chinese civilisation allowed for expansion and development that was not available to its rivals in the North China Plain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.