Qin Shihuangdi Research Paper

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Is Qin Shihuangdi a tyrant or a National hero? Qin Shihuangdi was known for many things how great he ruled his state and his harsh rules and punishments.In my opinion he is a tyrant, but he rules his state well. To start with, his punishments ends up with death reasons that cause those punishments are mostly if they had disobeyed him. Later on he got obsessed prospect of his own death so anyone who reveals his were about would die with his or her family. Then when Qin Shihuangdi heard of immortals living on an island sent a fleet out to search, they knew if they don't succeed the emperor will put them to their death. So as said most punishments end with death. Second of all, other people dislike him for spending lavish amount

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