This is one of my favorite documentaries bc of the actor who plays the Emporer. And everyone, really. The narrator is fantastic, everyone just brings this history to life so well 🙏
This was when Qin was powerful. Qin, for hundreds of years before is a poor state. Look up Shang Yang and Duke Xiao of Qin to see how they contribute and strengthen Qin. Qin state is chaos, internal fighting, warfare, infertile land, no man lands, nomads, barbarian, slaves, unwanted criminals from other states and etc.
Ever since I played Romance of the Three Kingdoms game series as a kid I’ve been fascinated by ancient Chinese history/culture. Love watching these kinds of documentaries!
@tmoneyquaden9981 I just wish they would stop the entire kingdom control they do in some of the games and allow you the option to be a free retainer, general, low soldier. That was always my favorite thing to do and allowed for more replay ability
Ive seen a lot of documentaries of the great Pyramids of Egypt and their Kings tombs. I thought those were fantastic, but this guy had them all beat. Really good documentary. Thanks.
Everyone wants to top Africa, but it will never happen because Africa is the birthplace of all humanity. Now top that if you can. Europe is definitely not the birthplace of humanity, and neither is Asia. Africa will never be topped. No, not ever.
Been to Xian before Covid, to see the scale of what the Terracotta Army is just beyond fascinating. Definitely shows the power and sheer will of this emperor he left on the nation
It has almost been demostrated the the Terracotta Army are influenced by Greco-classical world. Most probably from the Bactrian Kingdom. The figurines arevery helenistic and are a VERY sharp contrast to the statues made before. However, this is very taboo by Chinese authorities and Chinese scholars who supported this theory had to take it back or dismiss it influenced by the blacklash of the government.
@@Alejojojo6 The tradition of live burial has been practised in China since the Shang dynasty. But in the late Spring and Autumn period (Qin was only a small state in the west at this time) live burials were abolished but replaced by human dolls according to Confucianism. And if you look at a map of the world, Greece is almost on the other side of the world to China. Of course if you have any evidence, please list it and I will refute it all.
@@Alejojojo6 i agree with @user-lk6zb1jv9g in fact Chinese authorities or even Chinese Textbooks for student even emphasize about in 5th century that trends of chinese buddhist sculptures was influenced by the Greco-classica because of the silk road, but Qin Dynasty was age before the silk road, maybe there is slightly possibility but there is no evidence, and there are many different ancient Chinese writings mentioned that using the dolls instead of the live burials to reduce killing and increase productivity. you have too much political bias tbh
@@lenbathin9182 Ya that's when I remember seeing it on Discovery. I was in grade 10 at the time. Not all these documentaries are new. Some I remember watching years ago.
the way this was put together is so amazing.. the music and cinematography is all such a delight!!! Truly captured every second of my attention, really appreciative of the detail too
Grabe din yung history ng China's First Emperor, brutal yung ibang nangyari, kudos to all the historians, and the one's who made this documentary story, you made us understand all, big respect to all of you.
Thank you for the English translated about China of its richness on their history for us to grasp. China is rich in history and amazingly to know. Again, I Thank you. pearls🌻
@@shinebrightlikeadoitsu1120 The incredible 2010 Three Kingdom Series, in my opinion the best portrayal of the Three Kingdom Period and the best Cao Cao ever. Watch the series and you know what these two are a reference off ;) . A quick example, here's the "crafty villain": th-cam.com/video/2WJXSTfCOL4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/pD-0-HH_4as/w-d-xo.html And here the fatuous lord, watch the scene for a few minutes: th-cam.com/video/A7dLwhwOcT4/w-d-xo.html And here is a Playlist. this person is currently uploading the entire series in HD, the series is also already fully uploaded on TH-cam but in much less quality. Here's the HD Version: th-cam.com/play/PLGNP0mpB4W3mZSwAnR8XNh0PNlVGVIIwC.html
He didnt just ruled he ended the war of states and unified china, which is quite big feat. Though war was the only option. Well i like the kingdom aine for that
the actor portrait him as crazy person from the beginning. But he's not. He's calm yet ruthless, thirst for blood yet wise king. He went crazy in the end of his life when he can't find the elixir
Sorry i don't wanna make you feel dissapointed but there is no way for you or anyone else to know his actual personality there are too many historical documents state different facts than eachother you can't certainly say that he was a calm person which he is not in my opinion he was as crazy as cenghis khan or other rome empires
Wise and thirst for blood are contradiction to each other. In Buddhism wise come from Morality, loving kidness. You meant could be he is a good administrator to maintain his power.
If the legend of the sacrificed concubines, builders and engineers is true, imagine the experience for the first archaeologists who enter the tomb, if such an excavation is ever permitted? That in itself would be both traumatic and fascinating. Gives chills to the max, but still fascinating!
@@lolnahnvm208 Completely agree. Archaeologists sign up for that. idk what this idiot is talking about with "triggered". Perhaps he's triggered that you called out his idiocy.
Wow truly amazing docu. What a life story of the First Emperor of China. He started as being a king at a very young age. Getting manipulated by his mom and his mom's lover. Then winning wars against other factions and being an established warrior in his early twenties. Creating the crossbow that gave him an advantage against other warring kingdoms. Avoiding getting dethroned by his half brothers and banishing his mom and killing his mom's lover. Surviving assassination attempts and ended up conquering the other lands to unite them all by becoming the emperor and he accomplished all that in his thirties. Sending his prisoners of war to build a massive wall so that he can protect his lands from foreign invaders. Then creating his own overly sized tomb. He just went insane in the end because he is so afraid of death and being so obsessed with immortality and that obsession pretty much killed him.
I guess if you think about it, living to 49 in 210 BC is still longer than many Kings of England or France or Spain did in 1500 AD... geez they were even dying in their 30's and 40's in 1600-1700, even Queen Victoria's husband didn't make it to 49, he died at 42 and that was only 150 years ago... let alone 2200 years ago!
Wow, I wasn't expecting the production and storytelling like this. I feel like schools don't teach enough about this. People should learn many figures who shaped the entire world.
schools currently only have one purpose to make you a subservient factory worker schools have been behind the times for sometime now oh and they also jam whatever current political views are at the time down your throat so you do as you're told when you graduate. the schools we have now just make slaves taught not to ask questions or step out of line.
I agree, it was amazing, American schools never touched on this, only a brief mention of the great wall. This should be a Hollywood movie ! The acting was amazing and had me riveted thruout.
My parents took my brother and me to see the terracotta army when they came to the British museum. Just fascinating to see up close! The intricate detail, and uniqueness of each soldier... Just so impressive, I'll never forget it.
This emperor’s tomb is located in my hometown which was his capital and the capital for more than 13 Chinese dynasties; and my house back in the city is just near the tomb of his son, the short-lived second emperor of the dynasty. There is a point I want to add on the life of this emperor since the history written and considered as official was made during the dynasty after his with many records from this dynasty destroyed in the ensuing wars after this emperor’s death: the recent exploration of the first emperor’s tomb has discovered that it is much smaller than the official sources written during the second dynasty claimed and there were very good historical reasons why the second would smear the first for two held very different ideologies upon the ways of ruling. I think with many good reasons (since this empire is very short and is poorly recorded by the historians of their time) that the empire and the emperor himself we now learn is very or immensely different from what it was.
@Casey Levins lol, are the actors actually speaking english? If this is what my fellow Chinese people do back home these days, then I must say, the CCP should just give up; the Chinese people are no longer worth helping. Just give it all to the "dissidents" and become an irrelevant country.
Casey Levins It is actually much smaller than the account given by the history written in the second dynasty as far as I know. Also the structures above the ground which was a part of the tomb was burnt down during the ensuing wars after the first emperor’s demise by one of the leading warlords whose ancestors were from a great noble family of a country which was put to an end by the first emperor and I think the resentment towards the first empire and first emperor was the reason he lighted that tomb on fire. However, also because of this great fire, it was for thousands years difficult for people to know the true size of the tomb but instead gave their trust to the historical records from the second dynasty.
苗媌緢喵瞄描 I don’t speak English in this manner for I practiced a lot and lived in various English-speaking countries for years, but I assure you that English is not used quite often back in China which I think was the reason why the people are not generally good at English.
@@Pelagion98 There’s a 3-D machine that Print house using Dirt or Clays and cement mixer 3-D machine or very advanced right now using a lot of different materials
Very great one. with some small funny anachronism. The scene where the emperor goes on the mount to call the skies, there is a field of corn on their way. Corn was cultivated in America exclusively until Columbus many centuries after.
Ignoramus. The Great Chinese Fleets circumnavigated the World and charted the whole planet. Marco Polo bought back these Maps, and Columbus followed the Maps to the New World. Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes were already in the outreaches of the Pacific Islands. White European History is a nothing to those of the peoples of the Pacific, Asia and the Indus.
The director overlooked historical matters such as corn when making the film. Corn came to China during the closing days of Ming Dy through the Philippines. The chinese migrant there brought back the corn to grow. It was brought to the Phillipines by Spainards.
OMG I'm getting so excited I'm at the point where they're going to see if he is actually buried under the map and it's amazing I love history so well done
This is really marvelous story about the first emperor of Chine. Even I am a Chinese has never known such a details description of the tomb. I visitedChina several times and visited the tomb area, but no one told me the story like you did. Thank you and your team.
Because you had not looked for the information. There are many EPIC Chinese documentary series about the First Emperor AND It's tomb. You need to look for it. They exist.
The levies that ancient China could rely on were just staggering. Only areas that came close were India and Italy. Also this guy had THE best taste all time in tombs. Lot of respect for Ghengis too who will most likely ever be found bc he didnt want anyone messing with his grave.
Without him, China should now be split into many countries like Europe, and it is still talking about it. Moreover, he unified the writing and language in many aspects, which ensured that there would be no faults in Chinese civilization. Even if they were invaded by other ethnic groups, those ethnic groups were quickly assimilated by Chinese culture
True...he did unite a huge country of many separate states. But comparing it to European countries isn't a very good comparison. Though the different states in what was China before its unification were different and unique, they were also very similar in their beliefs, cultures, cuisines, etc....and could be easily assimilated. Eurpoean countries in Europe aren't like that. The people have different cultures, beliefs, customs, cuisines, languages, architectural styles and many many more differences that would keep them from being able to unite and assimilate under one rule. There's a reason the attempts at unification in Europe always failed, and its because they are very very different countries all on one large land mass. It would be a more accurate example to have used the United States. The US has different states, who are also unique in their differences to each state, but hold the same core values and beliefs, so they can coexist relatively peacefully under one united nation.
@@mysticmama_3692 China is China . United States is United States . Europe Is Europe . There shouldn’t be any comparison in between these 3 completely different countries / continent . Geeezzz . And yes . Without the unification of ShiHuang De . Mainland China might get divided by 2 or 3 countries by now . But then again these warring states had alot similarities in cultures . only 2 different main languages are Mandarin and Cantonese .
You are wrong. Most of Chinese have faith in their government. Past 40 years of poverty alleviations, wealth accumulation like never before and the country being a powerful force today. Unlike you people in the west, who keep being paranoid on what your government does. No matter who you voted for, your government will take care of the lobbyists and corporate interests first. Meanwhile they give you the PACIFIER, which is freedom of speech, while your government continue eating the best part of lunch. Yes, freedom of speech is pacifier to calm you down while nothing much will ever change. Another fact for you, many educated Chinese even do not want a western style democracy, they seen the decline and chaos of the west and stagnation of Taiwan.
@@dwightalfred what facts do you have that back your statement? For your info, China is the longest continuous civilization on earth. And that's according to experts and historians, not me. By the way, China had failed before from 1800s to about 1970s, known as the Century of Humiliation due to invasion from 8 nation alliance, Japanese invasion and policy mistakes in the first 3 decades of Mao's leadership. China's rise today is actually more of a COMEBACK because for most of world history, about 2,000 years, China was the most advanced nation and accounted for most of world's GDP with India as second. And all that was according to experts and historians too.
Unifying China is the easy part of Qin Shihuang's great achievements, and the truly greatest achievement is all the policies he later implemented, Those policies became pillars of China over two thousand years and always brings the country together.
@@lyhthegreat l believe village/town/city/province/central government system were formed around that time. Unified writing/measuring/money/road width/cart size etc. Just whole bunch things that unified the nation. later dynasties use and improve based on qin's system.
@@lyhthegreat like these ... “车同轨，书同文，行同伦” "All the vehicles are on the same track, All the books are on the same text, All the conducts are on the same ethics and norms" " 车同轨 Che Tong Gui "All the vehicles are on the same track" It is the unity of traffic administration, and it can also refer to all the political unity represented by traffic. " 书同文 Shu Tong Weng (All the books are on the same text)" That is, the unification of written and spoken language not only promoted the development of politics, economy and culture in the Qin Dynasty, but more importantly, this unification of written and spoken language lasted throughout the whole history of China. "行同伦 Xin Tong Lun (All the conducts are on the same ethics and norms )" It represents the relative unity of clothing, food, housing, customs and beliefs, providing a good atmosphere for the construction of a community where everyone is interdependent.
Genghis Khan asked the same question and was told that there were many ways to prolong life and health, but no known way to achieve physical immortality. Perhaps it's not so much the First August Emperor of China's wish to live and rule his empire forever that killed him, so much as being told by experts that such a thing could be achieved if you sent competent people to get it and bring it back for you. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🇫🇷🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🇫🇷🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🇫🇷🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🇫🇷🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🇫🇷🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
@@NapoleonCalland There are differences, Genghis Khan didn't kill the taoist alchemist that told him immortality is impossible, instead he let him go and offer him his friendship. Unlike our friend here Qin Shi Huang.
Y'all....this documentary was produced by the American History Channel, for Americans...so that we can learn about Chinese History. Stop acting like this being in English is a disgrace to all Chinese people, or racist somehow. Would you rather it be in Chinese, and those that speak English not be able to understand or learn a single thing? Would you prefer them to stay ignorant on the History of other nations? I know subtitles exist, but it takes away from just being able to focus on the information, and to watch the artifacts being shown when you're eyes are glued to reading the subtitles the entire time. So please....stop acting morally superior by bashing this documentary that is actually packed with knowledge, just because it isnt in the country's language it's based on. If you really want to watch a Chinese produced documentary in the Chinese languages, there are plenty of them available on TH-cam.
It is very interesting to watch the documentary drama played in English... I feel like there are cultural implications behind language as English is more straightforward to express one's idea than Chinese do. I like history and documentary, learning history from perspectives other than Chinese can give individual a different mode of thinking.
52mins, the emperor Qin said:"did I mention six is my favorite number?" The film creator is so genius to create such a line for the emperor, to explain one of the reasons why Chinese regard 6 as a lucky number😂
The English speaking/American slang enhances the story. It in no way was “jarring” to me. Folks without any imagination or wit will allow it to bother them. A wonderful documentary.
how the Qin ended: Liu Bang: "We're late. What is the punishment for being late ?" "Death." Liu Bang: "What is the punishment for rebellion?" "Death." Liu Bang: "Then I guess we still have options."
I just got done, watching the China version of the Emperor. the episodes, and much much much better, then what is displayed here. wont waste my time with this one.
I wished they had a documentary of how the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) and the Flame Emperor (Yandi) became allies and went to war against ChiYou and his Hmong (Miao) people back in around 2400 BC
I remember when I was in the 6th Grade our elementary school had a field day trip to the Atlanta HIgh Museum of Art where part of the Emperor's terracotta warriors were on exhibit. I've always been fascinated with ancient history...even back then and I couldn't help but touch the feet of one of the warriors to which there was a loud BUZZZZZZZ! Oh well! LOL! #Goodtimes. Damn that was way back in....let's see...Oh Jesus 1984/85. Gawd I'm so old!
I'm old too. I have loved ancient history since I was a kid too. Egypt still my favorite. Cultural and historic relativity is so important when studying history. U simply cant compare 2000 yrs ago to todays values. And certainly not judge cultures u don't understand. The world is not 100% white Anglo saxon nor christian. Would you agree? People go yuck bcuz the ancient Egyptians married within their families. But so did European royalty. They didnt have nuclear families and often didnt know their spouses to be. Ramses 2, had between 60 nd 100 kids. Imagine that dinner table. Well I diverse. Nice meeting you.
@Casey Levins Oh wow! The sheer size and scale of that city and its relation to the river system was utterly incredible. Impressive indeed! I'd wouldn't think it too big of a deal to touch the stone walls of the various buildings of Angkor Wat so long and you don't like dislodge a brick stone for use as a doorstop back home. LOL!
I saw that inside the Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto Ontario Canada. It’s really unbelievable that you have to believe. Even Korean vessels and Japanese huge Bell and kuya a sword.
I believe that the first emperor is not exactly what is told in the history...but one thing is for sure He was a great emperor with a great dream for his empire, just thinking of the Great Wall amazes me, that emperor obtained immortality thru his greatness He made China, he build China, his dreams for his empire are still realized even after 2000 yrs from his reign. What great ruler😍 If he will see China now he will be well pleased to see his Great Wall standing still to where he placed it😊
All the things he accomplished were impressive but he was also a terrible tyrant he killed thousands of people and was more concerned with grand displays of power and immorality than helping his own people.
@@zaydsalam6065 if he was not that firm/tyrant China's history won't be thesame 😊😊 Kind rulers during those times were being devoured by those strong and tyrant ones.
@@saudade821 He was driven by ego and vanity. If he had self control which was very possible back then he might have had a much more positive legacy especially given the fact he unified china and his nation would be the blueprint for future cultures that would rule china.
I like how the west tells the story of this legendary emperor but if you want this story to be insane you should start with the great great grandfather of ying zheng the warring states which I think was the best history of China and how this man finally was able to take China when I 1st read the history I started being interested in china dynasties legalism was started by shangyang the great great grandfather although its an eyeopener for many non chinese its just incomplete in so many ways...
Few years ago, saw one of those stone statute hidden behind a store in Sungai Kadut. In modern technology, nothing is not impossible of a 'dramatic make-up'. Hence, 'seeing is deceiving'.
Yeah, not opening that tomb to let out all that mercury vapor sounds like a real good idea. The world doesn't need all that contamination in the air as well as that soil. While I love archeology, I'm quite happy to leave Wang Di alone in there.
FASCINATING TO KNOW THIS PIECE OF HISTORY AND HOW CHINA GOT ITS NAME. HOWEVER, AS WITH A LOT OF ANCIENT LEADERS. I DEFINETLY WOULD NOT WANT THE HONOUR OF BEING A CRAFTPERSON TO ROYALTY IN THOSE TIMES. OR TO BE PART OF THE ROYAL CLAN. WAY TO GO BEFORE YOUR TIME IS UP REST SOLELY ON THE MIND'S OF IT'S LEADERS OR EMPERORS... INTERESTING TO KNOW THIS. TY FOR UPLOADING THIS...
Perhaps you are unaware our ancestors did that to ensure their lives against assassination within their circle and to prevent their supporters from becoming powerful. Shalom and yes they were Israelites.
So is this why they’re called quarter horses? 33:22 Edit: I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this in the last year but it’s a lot. And I’m not usually into history
It would have sucked to be one of the Emperor's concubines or the architects or builders. To be sealed up with him alive would be awful. I cannot imagine how terrible it would have been.
There’s a mercury river Mercury, with live Concubines, architects anyone who knew the structure locked in - The Chinese government will never let anyone open up that tomb - This is been told to many times
Its amazing how they speak english despite being chinese 2k years ago.
Even better english than me
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well,english is originally from china.
they are actors
English people are descended from Chinese
This is one of my favorite documentaries bc of the actor who plays the Emporer. And everyone, really. The narrator is fantastic, everyone just brings this history to life so well 🙏
This was when Qin was powerful. Qin, for hundreds of years before is a poor state. Look up Shang Yang and Duke Xiao of Qin to see how they contribute and strengthen Qin. Qin state is chaos, internal fighting, warfare, infertile land, no man lands, nomads, barbarian, slaves, unwanted criminals from other states and etc.
Ever since I played Romance of the Three Kingdoms game series as a kid I’ve been fascinated by ancient Chinese history/culture. Love watching these kinds of documentaries!
@tmoneyquaden9981 I just wish they would stop the entire kingdom control they do in some of the games and allow you the option to be a free retainer, general, low soldier. That was always my favorite thing to do and allowed for more replay ability
Ive seen a lot of documentaries of the great Pyramids of Egypt and their Kings tombs. I thought those were fantastic, but this guy had them all beat. Really good documentary. Thanks.
Ehh not all imo but definitely most
这座陵墓还没有被发掘，但可以确定的是，它有着比金字塔更丰富的内容和文化。金字塔是个谜，而这个陵墓能揭开很多谜。
Everyone wants to top Africa, but it will never happen because Africa is the birthplace of all humanity. Now top that if you can. Europe is definitely not the birthplace of humanity, and neither is Asia. Africa will never be topped. No, not ever.
Been to Xian before Covid, to see the scale of what the Terracotta Army is just beyond fascinating. Definitely shows the power and sheer will of this emperor he left on the nation
It has almost been demostrated the the Terracotta Army are influenced by Greco-classical world. Most probably from the Bactrian Kingdom. The figurines arevery helenistic and are a VERY sharp contrast to the statues made before. However, this is very taboo by Chinese authorities and Chinese scholars who supported this theory had to take it back or dismiss it influenced by the blacklash of the government.
@@Alejojojo6 The tradition of live burial has been practised in China since the Shang dynasty. But in the late Spring and Autumn period (Qin was only a small state in the west at this time) live burials were abolished but replaced by human dolls according to Confucianism. And if you look at a map of the world, Greece is almost on the other side of the world to China.
Of course if you have any evidence, please list it and I will refute it all.
@@Alejojojo6 i agree with @user-lk6zb1jv9g in fact Chinese authorities or even Chinese Textbooks for student even emphasize about in 5th century that trends of chinese buddhist sculptures was influenced by the Greco-classica because of the silk road, but Qin Dynasty was age before the silk road, maybe there is slightly possibility but there is no evidence, and there are many different ancient Chinese writings mentioned that using the dolls instead of the live burials to reduce killing and increase productivity. you have too much political bias tbh
@@秋风-n8b don't bother about him. He's European probably which means he's nothing but a nutcrack. Well, that's what most of them are...
@@Alejojojo6 you know nothing!
I like Mr. Riegel. He always seems like he can barely contain his excitement for whatever he's talking about.
I watched this documentary back in 2005 on Discovery Channel and still remember it vividly. This was a great documentary!
This episode was in 2005?
@@lenbathin9182 Ya that's when I remember seeing it on Discovery. I was in grade 10 at the time. Not all these documentaries are new. Some I remember watching years ago.
@@lenbathin9182 prolly he's right cuz the scene of the street seems like 1997-2003 of China
the way this was put together is so amazing.. the music and cinematography is all such a delight!!! Truly captured every second of my attention, really appreciative of the detail too
Grabe din yung history ng China's First Emperor, brutal yung ibang nangyari, kudos to all the historians, and the one's who made this documentary story, you made us understand all, big respect to all of you.
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Thank you for the English translated about China of its richness on their history for us to grasp. China is rich in history and amazingly to know. Again, I Thank you. pearls🌻
I’m so used to Chinese historical dramas that hearing the actors speak English is so weird to me
So true. It simply doesn't feel right.
There is also a distinct lack of fatuous lords and crafty villains.
@@Comintern1919 why do i feel like that's a reference
@@shinebrightlikeadoitsu1120 The incredible 2010 Three Kingdom Series, in my opinion the best portrayal of the Three Kingdom Period and the best Cao Cao ever.
Watch the series and you know what these two are a reference off ;) .
A quick example, here's the "crafty villain":
th-cam.com/video/2WJXSTfCOL4/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/pD-0-HH_4as/w-d-xo.html
And here the fatuous lord, watch the scene for a few minutes:
th-cam.com/video/A7dLwhwOcT4/w-d-xo.html
And here is a Playlist. this person is currently uploading the entire series in HD, the series is also already fully uploaded on TH-cam but in much less quality. Here's the HD Version:
th-cam.com/play/PLGNP0mpB4W3mZSwAnR8XNh0PNlVGVIIwC.html
It helps us a fair bit though, lol. 😘
Beth Bartlett it does
Tyrant or not, he is a legend. Imagine ruled over the biggest nation in the world and that time and your story still being told thousands years later
Yea
We arent gonna have to worry about you now are we?
his greatest success is that he essentially created the conditions for his nation to still exist today
He didnt just ruled he ended the war of states and unified china, which is quite big feat. Though war was the only option.
Well i like the kingdom aine for that
@@rishnerabrera4368 🎉🎉🎉
the actor portrait him as crazy person from the beginning. But he's not. He's calm yet ruthless, thirst for blood yet wise king. He went crazy in the end of his life when he can't find the elixir
Who is the actor?
@@sophiecat5713 the actor who play the emperor in this documentary
@@julianjulian2957 the person means who's the actors name
Sorry i don't wanna make you feel dissapointed but there is no way for you or anyone else to know his actual personality there are too many historical documents state different facts than eachother you can't certainly say that he was a calm person which he is not in my opinion he was as crazy as cenghis khan or other rome empires
Wise and thirst for blood are contradiction to each other.
In Buddhism wise come from Morality, loving kidness.
You meant could be he is a good administrator to maintain his power.
If the legend of the sacrificed concubines, builders and engineers is true, imagine the experience for the first archaeologists who enter the tomb, if such an excavation is ever permitted? That in itself would be both traumatic and fascinating. Gives chills to the max, but still fascinating!
They'll find skeletons, probably look better than a skull containing an arrowhead.
秦始皇的陵墓2000多年以来被很多盗墓者光顾过。但现在仍旧保存下来一部分，8个北京故宫的大小。陵墓的一大部分到现在还没被发掘，我期待将来发掘的那一天。不知道秦始皇藏了多少宝贝。 2000多年前就这么富有了，清朝的圆明园应该也差不多，可惜被西方国家的8国联军队洗劫一空。
Lol no archeologist worth their salt would find that traumatic.
@@lolnahnvm208 You are easily triggered, I see!
@@lolnahnvm208 Completely agree. Archaeologists sign up for that. idk what this idiot is talking about with "triggered". Perhaps he's triggered that you called out his idiocy.
Wow truly amazing docu. What a life story of the First Emperor of China. He started as being a king at a very young age. Getting manipulated by his mom and his mom's lover. Then winning wars against other factions and being an established warrior in his early twenties. Creating the crossbow that gave him an advantage against other warring kingdoms. Avoiding getting dethroned by his half brothers and banishing his mom and killing his mom's lover. Surviving assassination attempts and ended up conquering the other lands to unite them all by becoming the emperor and he accomplished all that in his thirties. Sending his prisoners of war to build a massive wall so that he can protect his lands from foreign invaders. Then creating his own overly sized tomb. He just went insane in the end because he is so afraid of death and being so obsessed with immortality and that obsession pretty much killed him.
Ya know..although he died fairly young, he still can be viewed in a certain way immortal since his life and accomplishments live on.
I guess if you think about it, living to 49 in 210 BC is still longer than many Kings of England or France or Spain did in 1500 AD... geez they were even dying in their 30's and 40's in 1600-1700, even Queen Victoria's husband didn't make it to 49, he died at 42 and that was only 150 years ago... let alone 2200 years ago!
People who think 2000 years and immortality are the same have a lot to learn about immortality...
@@jgawad bruh obviously we can't say how it's gonna be in the future but it's amazing that he's still being remembered today
Not sure about others, but as long as there is still China and Chinese descendants on Earth, he will be forever remembered.
@@DS-us1vi they died early due to excessive inbreeding
When you heard the 1st emperor of China saying "hello, hi" XD
China is so great even English was invented by the great first Emperor of China.
Hahaahahaha
time stampppppppp
25:24
And don’t forget “Mama...” 😆😆
It might not be in the way he expected, but he got his wish. We’re talking about him still, aren’t we?
yep
Wow, I wasn't expecting the production and storytelling like this.
I feel like schools don't teach enough about this. People should learn many figures who shaped the entire world.
these are way better than just watching short blended action clips with most of the video seeing the historian talk.
schools currently only have one purpose to make you a subservient factory worker schools have been behind the times for sometime now oh and they also jam whatever current political views are at the time down your throat so you do as you're told when you graduate. the schools we have now just make slaves taught not to ask questions or step out of line.
I agree, it was amazing, American schools never touched on this, only a brief mention of the great wall. This should be a Hollywood movie ! The acting was amazing and had me riveted thruout.
You only need to know it was Africans that built the world. Believing otherwise is racism
don't worry，many Chinese don't know Octavian either
My parents took my brother and me to see the terracotta army when they came to the British museum. Just fascinating to see up close! The intricate detail, and uniqueness of each soldier... Just so impressive, I'll never forget it.
I love this documentary. I love Chinese history.
This emperor’s tomb is located in my hometown which was his capital and the capital for more than 13 Chinese dynasties; and my house back in the city is just near the tomb of his son, the short-lived second emperor of the dynasty. There is a point I want to add on the life of this emperor since the history written and considered as official was made during the dynasty after his with many records from this dynasty destroyed in the ensuing wars after this emperor’s death: the recent exploration of the first emperor’s tomb has discovered that it is much smaller than the official sources written during the second dynasty claimed and there were very good historical reasons why the second would smear the first for two held very different ideologies upon the ways of ruling. I think with many good reasons (since this empire is very short and is poorly recorded by the historians of their time) that the empire and the emperor himself we now learn is very or immensely different from what it was.
I am currently studying about the Qing dynasty & watching programs about it. Extremely interesting.
@Casey Levins lol, are the actors actually speaking english? If this is what my fellow Chinese people do back home these days, then I must say, the CCP should just give up; the Chinese people are no longer worth helping. Just give it all to the "dissidents" and become an irrelevant country.
Casey Levins It is actually much smaller than the account given by the history written in the second dynasty as far as I know. Also the structures above the ground which was a part of the tomb was burnt down during the ensuing wars after the first emperor’s demise by one of the leading warlords whose ancestors were from a great noble family of a country which was put to an end by the first emperor and I think the resentment towards the first empire and first emperor was the reason he lighted that tomb on fire. However, also because of this great fire, it was for thousands years difficult for people to know the true size of the tomb but instead gave their trust to the historical records from the second dynasty.
苗媌緢喵瞄描 I don’t speak English in this manner for I practiced a lot and lived in various English-speaking countries for years, but I assure you that English is not used quite often back in China which I think was the reason why the people are not generally good at English.
@郭學憲
Thank goodness for that
If that is true I think I will begin to like this first emperor as he preserved the great Chinese civilisation.
I think this is one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen in my life
For anyone asking, James Pax is the actor who played the Emperor.
I was trying to listen to this while trying to sleep but the english speaking Qin Emperor shocked me
Bish u thought it was a dream HAHAHAHA
Why would you listen to this... for sleep? 🤔
😅😅😅😅😅 betul bro and I'm Chinese, I find it weird.
@@friendlytiger6023 some of us watch documentaries into our sleeps. 😁
Listen to the fall of civilization podcast. Theres one about the fall of the Huan dynasty. It's good
I'm gonna 3D print 1million terracota warriors for my burial.
I can see covid-19 lockdown affected your brains... 🤦♂️🤦♂️😂😂😂
Lol
I’m assuming you’ve made atleast a cpl hundred by now? My real question is where does one store this plastic army? 😂
How are you going to 3D print something made out of dirt?
@@Pelagion98 There’s a 3-D machine that Print house using Dirt or Clays and cement mixer 3-D machine or very advanced right now using a lot of different materials
These actors are badass. Love that bit tho when he just goes "Hello! Haiiiii!" gorsh that's adorable. Wholesome hours before slaughter.
Very great one. with some small funny anachronism. The scene where the emperor goes on the mount to call the skies, there is a field of corn on their way. Corn was cultivated in America exclusively until Columbus many centuries after.
Hh i h. 😅😅😅😅😅 buty u😅 bh b v n 🤔 mo😊😊u
Didn't notice that. Way to nerd above and beyond....I respect that ish.
Ignoramus. The Great Chinese Fleets circumnavigated the World and charted the whole planet. Marco Polo bought back these Maps, and Columbus followed the Maps to the New World. Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes were already in the outreaches of the Pacific Islands. White European History is a nothing to those of the peoples of the Pacific, Asia and the Indus.
The director overlooked historical matters such as corn when making the film. Corn came to China during the closing days of Ming Dy through the Philippines. The chinese migrant there brought back the corn to grow. It was brought to the Phillipines by Spainards.
Time stamp? Also, bamboo looks kind of like corn in the fields to me. But yeah it probably was lol
OMG I'm getting so excited I'm at the point where they're going to see if he is actually buried under the map and it's amazing I love history so well done
Beautiful and very well done - a piece documentary on early history od China - the Chin dynasty.
This is really marvelous story about the first emperor of Chine. Even I am a Chinese has never known such a details description of the tomb. I visitedChina several times and visited the tomb area, but no one told me the story like you did.
Thank you and your team.
Because you had not looked for the information. There are many EPIC Chinese documentary series about the First Emperor AND It's tomb. You need to look for it. They exist.
它就在那儿
Whoever put this together.
Well done.
Even the actors.
The levies that ancient China could rely on were just staggering. Only areas that came close were India and Italy. Also this guy had THE best taste all time in tombs. Lot of respect for Ghengis too who will most likely ever be found bc he didnt want anyone messing with his grave.
成吉思汗诞生于1550后
Legends say camera men are immortal.
This is better than some Chinese dramas about this subject. Highly recommend.
Without him, China should now be split into many countries like Europe, and it is still talking about it. Moreover, he unified the writing and language in many aspects, which ensured that there would be no faults in Chinese civilization. Even if they were invaded by other ethnic groups, those ethnic groups were quickly assimilated by Chinese culture
True...he did unite a huge country of many separate states. But comparing it to European countries isn't a very good comparison. Though the different states in what was China before its unification were different and unique, they were also very similar in their beliefs, cultures, cuisines, etc....and could be easily assimilated. Eurpoean countries in Europe aren't like that. The people have different cultures, beliefs, customs, cuisines, languages, architectural styles and many many more differences that would keep them from being able to unite and assimilate under one rule. There's a reason the attempts at unification in Europe always failed, and its because they are very very different countries all on one large land mass. It would be a more accurate example to have used the United States. The US has different states, who are also unique in their differences to each state, but hold the same core values and beliefs, so they can coexist relatively peacefully under one united nation.
@@mysticmama_3692 China is China . United States is United States . Europe Is Europe . There shouldn’t be any comparison in between these 3 completely different countries / continent . Geeezzz .
And yes . Without the unification of ShiHuang De . Mainland China might get divided by 2 or 3 countries by now . But then again these warring states had alot similarities in cultures . only 2 different main languages are Mandarin and Cantonese .
Wow, the emperor's English skills are amazing. The Chinese really were very versatile back then...
Not much has changed over 2000 years. A couple of people telling millions how they should live. While they do whatever they want
You are wrong. Most of Chinese have faith in their government. Past 40 years of poverty alleviations, wealth accumulation like never before and the country being a powerful force today. Unlike you people in the west, who keep being paranoid on what your government does. No matter who you voted for, your government will take care of the lobbyists and corporate interests first. Meanwhile they give you the PACIFIER, which is freedom of speech, while your government continue eating the best part of lunch. Yes, freedom of speech is pacifier to calm you down while nothing much will ever change. Another fact for you, many educated Chinese even do not want a western style democracy, they seen the decline and chaos of the west and stagnation of Taiwan.
Kinda like the House and the Senate huh?
America is the perfect example of this.
@@ELGtheMAN All societies and their governments eventually fail. China, the US, whichever nation, wherever they are, will all eventually fail.
@@dwightalfred what facts do you have that back your statement? For your info, China is the longest continuous civilization on earth. And that's according to experts and historians, not me. By the way, China had failed before from 1800s to about 1970s, known as the Century of Humiliation due to invasion from 8 nation alliance, Japanese invasion and policy mistakes in the first 3 decades of Mao's leadership. China's rise today is actually more of a COMEBACK because for most of world history, about 2,000 years, China was the most advanced nation and accounted for most of world's GDP with India as second. And all that was according to experts and historians too.
Unifying China is the easy part of Qin Shihuang's great achievements, and the truly greatest achievement is all the policies he later implemented, Those policies became pillars of China over two thousand years and always brings the country together.
policies like what?
@@lyhthegreat l believe village/town/city/province/central government system were formed around that time. Unified writing/measuring/money/road width/cart size etc. Just whole bunch things that unified the nation. later dynasties use and improve based on qin's system.
@@lyhthegreat like these ...
“车同轨，书同文，行同伦”
"All the vehicles are on the same track, All the books are on the same text, All the conducts are on the same ethics and norms"
" 车同轨 Che Tong Gui "All the vehicles are on the same track" It is the unity of traffic administration, and it can also refer to all the political unity represented by traffic.
" 书同文 Shu Tong Weng (All the books are on the same text)" That is, the unification of written and spoken language not only promoted the development of politics, economy and culture in the Qin Dynasty, but more importantly, this unification of written and spoken language lasted throughout the whole history of China.
"行同伦 Xin Tong Lun (All the conducts are on the same ethics and norms )" It represents the relative unity of clothing, food, housing, customs and beliefs, providing a good atmosphere for the construction of a community where everyone is interdependent.
@@lyhthegreat主要是统一文字，度量方式，法律制度，官僚体系，包括中央集权的行政制度。 因为在他之前属于封建领主制。
, Thank you Timeline.
Very enjoyable - great pace, informative with action reconstruction.
His obsession to conquer death eventually killed him
Genghis Khan asked the same question and was told that there were many ways to prolong life and health, but no known way to achieve physical immortality. Perhaps it's not so much the First August Emperor of China's wish to live and rule his empire forever that killed him, so much as being told by experts that such a thing could be achieved if you sent competent people to get it and bring it back for you.
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@si james the real irony here is to believe he can live forever not how he will conquer death
Death gets all of us with or without obsession... everybody dies of something...
@@NapoleonCalland There are differences, Genghis Khan didn't kill the taoist alchemist that told him immortality is impossible, instead he let him go and offer him his friendship.
Unlike our friend here Qin Shi Huang.
@@Aldnon You're suggesting that the August First Emperor of China wouldn't have done the same?
My favorite part is when Qin Shi Huang speaks English “THAT IS TO CONQUER!!!” E P I C!!!
Saw some of the terracotta warriors at the 1982 world's fare. Very impressive, very memorable.
These documentaries really take you to that world being shown , perfection
Y'all....this documentary was produced by the American History Channel, for Americans...so that we can learn about Chinese History. Stop acting like this being in English is a disgrace to all Chinese people, or racist somehow. Would you rather it be in Chinese, and those that speak English not be able to understand or learn a single thing? Would you prefer them to stay ignorant on the History of other nations? I know subtitles exist, but it takes away from just being able to focus on the information, and to watch the artifacts being shown when you're eyes are glued to reading the subtitles the entire time. So please....stop acting morally superior by bashing this documentary that is actually packed with knowledge, just because it isnt in the country's language it's based on. If you really want to watch a Chinese produced documentary in the Chinese languages, there are plenty of them available on TH-cam.
i'd give this video another 10,000 likes if i could. Thank you amazing documentary!
I absolutely loved this show.
It is very interesting to watch the documentary drama played in English... I feel like there are cultural implications behind language as English is more straightforward to express one's idea than Chinese do. I like history and documentary, learning history from perspectives other than Chinese can give individual a different mode of thinking.
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.
52mins, the emperor Qin said:"did I mention six is my favorite number?" The film creator is so genius to create such a line for the emperor, to explain one of the reasons why Chinese regard 6 as a lucky number😂
这个创意有点滑稽。但他确实时消灭了六个强大的诸侯政权建立了新帝国。
I'm so glad they spoke english in ancient china, otherwise I wouldn't have any idea what they're saying.
Or you could use subtitles. This documentary isn't as realistic or genuine as this one th-cam.com/video/Gg1SGA3zYx8/w-d-xo.html
@@flighted2513 That was called a JOKE.....
Haha! Lol 😄
@@StanHowse Yeah and I should laugh now, should I?
@@rlhm-fk8id I for one don't really care what you do or don't. I made the comment for me, not any of you.
The English speaking/American slang enhances the story. It in no way was “jarring” to me.
Folks without any imagination or wit will allow it to bother them. A wonderful documentary.
Ah, one of the few opportunities when British Chinese actors can showcase their talent on the BBC.
This doc is old af but not in this quality though.
woow , this is great history and ancient technology
This actor is great at acting The first Emperor of Ancient China so impressive indeed!
how the Qin ended:
Liu Bang: "We're late. What is the punishment for being late ?"
"Death."
Liu Bang: "What is the punishment for rebellion?"
"Death."
Liu Bang: "Then I guess we still have options."
That's how the emperors in China tamed their men.
What a fantastic documentary, bravo! 👏👏
Its undeniable that he was a tyrant, but his accomplishments were legendary!
Also, 1:26:00 made LOL too much
Amazing...I was unaware that in this ancient land they spoke Americanized English. So pleased Timeline took it among themselves to revealed this fact.
Hahahaha😂😂
I just got done, watching the China version of the Emperor. the episodes, and much much much better, then what is displayed here. wont waste my time with this one.
Excellent documentary 👏👏👏👏
I wished they had a documentary of how the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) and the Flame Emperor (Yandi) became allies and went to war against ChiYou and his Hmong (Miao) people back in around 2400 BC
I remember when I was in the 6th Grade our elementary school had a field day trip to the Atlanta HIgh Museum of Art where part of the Emperor's terracotta warriors were on exhibit. I've always been fascinated with ancient history...even back then and I couldn't help but touch the feet of one of the warriors to which there was a loud BUZZZZZZZ! Oh well! LOL! #Goodtimes. Damn that was way back in....let's see...Oh Jesus 1984/85. Gawd I'm so old!
I'm old too. I have loved ancient history since I was a kid too. Egypt still my favorite. Cultural and historic relativity is so important when studying history. U simply cant compare 2000 yrs ago to todays values. And certainly not judge cultures u don't understand. The world is not 100% white Anglo saxon nor christian. Would you agree? People go yuck bcuz the ancient Egyptians married within their families. But so did European royalty. They didnt have nuclear families and often didnt know their spouses to be. Ramses 2, had between 60 nd 100 kids. Imagine that dinner table. Well I diverse. Nice meeting you.
0h, btw, I snuck a touch on the Rosetta stone. It wasn't encased when I was at the british museum I feel incredibly fortunate. I would have touhed
@Casey Levins Oh wow! The sheer size and scale of that city and its relation to the river system was utterly incredible. Impressive indeed! I'd wouldn't think it too big of a deal to touch the stone walls of the various buildings of Angkor Wat so long and you don't like dislodge a brick stone for use as a doorstop back home. LOL!
@@margochristensen7440
You are right. History needs to be seen in its own context.
@Casey Levins
Yes I touched what I could in Angkor wat too. A connection to the place and its history
I saw that inside the Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto Ontario Canada. It’s really unbelievable that you have to believe. Even Korean vessels and Japanese huge Bell and kuya a sword.
Thank you so much for making this amazing video. I learned so much!
Loved this. Thank you.
I believe that the first emperor is not exactly what is told in the history...but one thing is for sure
He was a great emperor with a great dream for his empire, just thinking of the Great Wall amazes me, that emperor obtained immortality thru his greatness
He made China, he build China, his dreams for his empire are still realized even after 2000 yrs from his reign. What great ruler😍
If he will see China now he will be well pleased to see his Great Wall standing still to where he placed it😊
All the things he accomplished were impressive but he was also a terrible tyrant he killed thousands of people and was more concerned with grand displays of power and immorality than helping his own people.
@@zaydsalam6065 if he was not that firm/tyrant China's history won't be thesame 😊😊
Kind rulers during those times were being devoured by those strong and tyrant ones.
@@saudade821 He was driven by ego and vanity. If he had self control which was very possible back then he might have had a much more positive legacy especially given the fact he unified china and his nation would be the blueprint for future cultures that would rule china.
@@zaydsalam6065那未必是真实的，更可能是后代可以丑化他的形象。那时已经形成了法治传统，他的行为不可能超出法律太多，因为要求民众守法的同时，他自己必须也被约束。他想长生的一个重要原因就是维持王朝的长久有序
@@saudade821其实未必真实，他可能被后继者丑化了。他的功业是建立在法律制度上的。
And we'll never dig down there because it'll be too disgraceful if the legends were wrong.
thank you for this documentary. more to come
I like how the west tells the story of this legendary emperor but if you want this story to be insane you should start with the great great grandfather of ying zheng the warring states which I think was the best history of China and how this man finally was able to take China when I 1st read the history I started being interested in china dynasties legalism was started by shangyang the great great grandfather although its an eyeopener for many non chinese its just incomplete in so many ways...
Thanks!
Absolutely wonderful!
Few years ago, saw one of those stone statute hidden behind a store in Sungai Kadut. In modern technology, nothing is not impossible of a 'dramatic make-up'. Hence, 'seeing is deceiving'.
Yeah, not opening that tomb to let out all that mercury vapor sounds like a real good idea. The world doesn't need all that contamination in the air as well as that soil. While I love archeology, I'm quite happy to leave Wang Di alone in there.
this is a really good documentary
Never thought these movies would have new characters.
13:27 I knew that fly on Mike Pence's head looked familiar!
FASCINATING TO KNOW THIS PIECE OF HISTORY AND HOW CHINA GOT ITS NAME. HOWEVER, AS WITH A LOT OF ANCIENT LEADERS. I DEFINETLY WOULD NOT WANT THE HONOUR OF BEING A CRAFTPERSON TO ROYALTY IN THOSE TIMES. OR TO BE PART OF THE ROYAL CLAN. WAY TO GO BEFORE YOUR TIME IS UP REST SOLELY ON THE MIND'S OF IT'S LEADERS OR EMPERORS... INTERESTING TO KNOW THIS. TY FOR UPLOADING THIS...
Qin Shi Huangdi: gives himself a title.
Also Qin Shi Huangdi: is surprised because the world doesn't change after such title.
LMFAOOOO @ HIM HUNTING THE GIANT FISH WITH THE CROSSBOW WHILE HIS ADVISORS STAND THERE CLAPPING 😂😂🤣🤣😭😭😭☠️☠️☠️
lol'd at the *SHHH!* that followed after the second giant fish
bet nobody is clapping for you at whatever you do
@@huansong I'm a software developer, boo. 😘 Try again. 💅🏼
for those who are wondering, English is originally spoken in China, then adapted by other countries.
58:29 what is the background music, really love it.
Inb4 they finally unearth his tomb and find no body within it.
And a tunnel digged from the inside out.....
hello fellow struggler, in this dark world, i thought i'd just let you know that God loves you and to love yourself always.
AMAZING STORY AND A
MOVIE .
I WISH " I COULD SEE THIS
MOVIE INTO TELEVISION
CHANNEL , LIKE HBO ,
SHOWTIME OR STARZ
I LIKED OLD AMAZING ,
REAL STORIES
Oh my god they sealed in 100's of live people in his tomb. I cannot imagine what it would have been like to die that way.
Imagine how god killed the intire population.its the same
They were willing to serve him in life. It's only right in death as well.
Perhaps you are unaware our ancestors did that to ensure their lives against assassination within their circle and to prevent their supporters from becoming powerful. Shalom and yes they were Israelites.
So is this why they’re called quarter horses? 33:22
Edit: I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this in the last year but it’s a lot. And I’m not usually into history
I really like the actor who plays the Emperor.
The original case of being "Mad as a Hatter"... Compliments of Element Hg....
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a rebellion to crush."
*YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
They matched the voices perfect in this kungfu flick
It would have sucked to be one of the Emperor's concubines or the architects or builders. To be sealed up with him alive would be awful. I cannot imagine how terrible it would have been.
There’s a mercury river Mercury, with live Concubines, architects anyone who knew the structure locked in - The Chinese government will never let anyone open up that tomb - This is been told to many times
What an amazing piece I loved it
Lesson learned. Everything will not last. Seek God to inherit immortality in heaven.
The yellow emperor was the originator of the yoga of immortality and he lived in 2000 BC. The title is wrong -
This is real content.
They speak English much better than I (an 18 year experienced tour guide).
25:34 ok that's adorable for a king himself