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The 70 pages that link to Qin dynasty, each with the reason it gives.

• Warring States periodBroader topic: It emerged from Qin victory and replaced the competing states with imperial rule.

• Zhou dynastyCompared with: Qin unification replaced the fragmented order that had outlasted Zhou royal power.

• ChinaBroader topic: Qin unification shaped the political idea of a single Chinese empire.

• Chinese calligraphyRelated: Qin standardization helped establish seal script as an imperial writing form.

• Qin Shi HuangBroader topic: His imperial state collapsed soon after his death, but its centralized model endured.

• AnalectsRelated: The text’s transmission unfolded through the political upheavals surrounding Qin unification.

• LegalismBroader topic: Qin state-building put Legalist ideas into practice on an imperial scale.

• Great Wall of ChinaRelated: Qin rulers linked and extended earlier northern defenses after unification.

• MohismRelated: Mohism’s prominence waned as centralized imperial institutions reshaped intellectual life.

• Chang'anRelated: The Qin built palaces and imperial compounds in the region before Chang'an became a capital.

• Han ChineseRelated: Qin unification created political structures that helped integrate diverse populations.

• Seal scriptRelated: Qin government standardized small seal script across the newly unified empire.

• State of QinBroader topic: The dynasty carried Qin’s state-building project into an empire, though it survived only briefly.

• Terracotta ArmyNarrower topic: Its centralizing state supplied the labor and organization behind the burial complex.

• Confucian classicsRelated: Qin policies toward books and scholars shaped later stories about the classics' survival.

• Hundred Schools of ThoughtRelated: Qin unification drew heavily on Legalist statecraft and abruptly changed the schools’ political environment.

• NanyueNarrower topic: Nanyue arose as Qin control in the south collapsed.

• Shang YangBroader topic: The empire inherited institutions and state capacity associated with Qin’s earlier reforms.

• XunziRelated: Xunzi’s political thought and students entered debates surrounding Qin’s rise.

• Western Han dynastyNarrower topic: Han rulers inherited Qin’s territorial unification and many centralizing institutions.

• Han FeiBroader topic: Its centralized government embodied several principles Han Fei defended.

• Chu–Han ContentionNarrower topic: Its collapse created the power vacuum in which Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed.

• Huang-LaoNarrower topic: Qin’s centralized rule formed part of the political inheritance Huang-Lao thinkers addressed.

• Li SiBroader topic: Li Si helped establish its governing practices but died before its fall.

• Qi StateCompared with: Qin’s conquest of Qi ended the independent state and replaced its regional order.

• Chinese brushRelated: Brushes and writing tools are documented in the period associated with early imperial standardization.

• Emperor Gaozu of HanNarrower topic: The Qin collapse created the power vacuum in which Liu Bang rose.

• ShaanxiRelated: The Qin state arose in Shaanxi before its ruler conquered the other Warring States.

• Xi'anBroader topic: Qin rulers made the region around Xi'an their political base before unification.

• Bai QiBroader topic: Bai Qi’s victories contributed to the military ascendancy from which the dynasty emerged.

• BaiyueRelated: Qin campaigns extended imperial rule into southern territories associated with Baiyue.

• Chinese imperial bureaucracyBroader topic: Qin rulers established a centralized imperial state with appointed territorial administration.

• Chinese political thoughtBroader topic: Qin unification put centralized institutions and Legalist statecraft into practice on an imperial scale.

• Chinese sealRelated: Qin standardization helped shape the scripts and official systems associated with seals.

• Han stateRelated: Han’s former territory became part of the empire established after Qin’s victories.

• HuaxiaRelated: Qin unification recast older state identities within an empire rather than simply extending Huaxia unchanged.

• Mausoleum of the First Qin EmperorNarrower topic: The mausoleum reflects the state power and institutions of the dynasty that built it.

• Nam ViệtRelated: Qin expansion into the south created the military and administrative setting for Nam Việt.

• Qin militaryRelated: Military conquest founded the dynasty, while its armies enforced imperial rule.

• Wei RiverRelated: Its heartland developed in the Wei River valley.

• Xiang YuCompared with: Xiang Yu rose in rebellion against Qin rule and helped bring it down.

• Zhao TuoRelated: Zhao Tuo served as a Qin general during the dynasty’s southward expansion.

• Chinese units of measurementBroader topic: Its standardization of measures established an influential precedent for later governments.

• Burning of books and burying of scholarsNarrower topic: The campaign belongs to the dynasty’s effort to centralize rule.

• GuilinRelated: Qin expansion into Lingnan established early imperial connections in the region around Guilin.

• King Zhaoxiang of QinNarrower topic: The dynasty emerged from the state strengthened during Zhaoxiang’s reign.

• LanzhouRelated: Qin expansion into the northwest helped bring the Lanzhou region within an imperial frontier.

• Shen BuhaiRelated: Qin centralization made the broader questions of law and official control associated with Shen Buhai urgent.

• GuzhengBroader topic: Historical accounts associate an early form of the zheng with the Qin state and period.

• HandanRelated: Qin conquered Zhao and ended Handan’s role as its capital.