KnowraQin's wars of unificationLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Qin's wars of unification, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 5Related 4Narrower topic 6Warring States periodBroader topic: These campaigns ended the period by bringing the rival states under Qin rule.LegalismBroader topic: Unification demonstrates how centralized administration and military mobilization advanced Qin power.Shang YangRelated: The strengthened Qin state later used the capacity his reforms helped build to conquer its rivals.Chinese reunificationBroader topic: It established the enduring model of a unified empire after the Warring States period.Zhao (state)Narrower topic: Zhao’s conquest was a decisive step in Qin’s final unification.Battle of ChangpingNarrower topic: The victory helped clear a path toward Qin’s eventual unification.Eastern ZhouBroader topic: Qin’s victory ended the interstate struggle that had defined the Eastern Zhou’s final centuries.Han stateNarrower topic: Han’s absorption was an early step in Qin’s creation of a unified empire.Qin militaryNarrower topic: The military’s defining achievement was the conquest that created the empire.Burning of books and burying of scholarsRelated: The new empire sought political unity after centuries of competing states.Jing KeRelated: Qin’s advance toward Yan made the assassination attempt an act of desperate resistance.King Zhaoxiang of QinNarrower topic: Zhaoxiang’s territorial and military gains formed part of the longer path to unification.Lian PoNarrower topic: Zhao’s weakening during Lian Po’s lifetime formed part of the process that enabled Qin’s expansion.Partition of JinRelated: The political fragmentation conventionally opened by Jin’s partition ended with Qin’s unification.Chinese EmpireBroader topic: This event established the territorial and political framework of imperial rule.