Academics wrestle with history
By Wang Kaihao | China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-21 07:51
The Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), China's first unified imperial dynasty, was built after the Qin State conquered six major vassal states.
However, historians' understanding of the origin of this power was ambiguous for a long time.
An area in what is now southeast Gansu province is in historical records as being where the Qin tribe was first formed.
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