The Chinese Emperor Huang Ti established the lunar calendar in 2637 B.C. Based upon an agricultural society, lunar cycles of the moon’s rotation around the earth were used by the ancient Chinese to ...
By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin standardized coins, weights, and measures ...
During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.