Archeologists unearth two human skeletal remains from a tomb dated before the Qin Dynasty (221BC - 206BC) in Fengyang, East China’s Anhui Province, June 12, 2007. Nine people were excavated along with bronze cooking vessels and chimes.

The Qin Dynasty (221 BCE - 206 BCE) was preceded by the feudal Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. The unification of China in 221 BCE under the First Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (or Shih Hwang-Tih) marked the beginning of Imperial China, a period which lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912.

The Qin Dynasty left a legacy of a centralized and bureaucratic state that would be carried onto successive dynasties.

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