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Qin Shi Huang

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Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. He invented the title huangdi rather than reuse the existing title for king; the new title was used by monarchs in China and other countries for the next two millennia.

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Birth Year
259 BCE 1
Wikipedia's infobox gives his birth as February 259 BC; only the year is recorded here because dates before 1 AD are stored as a signed year in this atlas, following the convention already used for Cyrus the Great, Hammurabi and Ramesses II.
Death Year
210 BCE 1
Wikipedia's infobox gives his death as 12 July 210 BC; only the year is recorded here for the same reason as his birth-year.
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was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China
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February 259
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12 July 210 BC
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