During his rule, Qin standardized coins, weights, and measures ... of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking ...

multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history — the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures ...