the ledger of connections
The Connections of Qin Shi Huang
First Emperor of unified China, builder of the Great Wall's foundation Every person recorded alongside Qin Shi Huang in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Qin Shi Huang in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Queen Dowager Zhao
- Children
- Prince Jianglü, Prince Gao, Ziying, Qin Er Shi, Fusu, Princess Yangzi
- Siblings
- Ziying, Chengjiao
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 259 BCE to 210 BCE.
Ancient era
Euclid
b. c. 333 BCE
Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
Ancient era
Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE
Greatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics
Ancient era
Eratosthenes
276 BCE – 194 BCE
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
Ancient era
Hannibal
247 BCE – 183 BCE
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
Ancient era
Scipio Africanus
235 BCE – 183 BCE
Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
Ancient era
Liu Bang
256 BCE – 195 BCE
Founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
Ancient era
Ashoka
304 BCE – 232 BCE
Mauryan emperor who renounced conquest and spread Buddhist values
Ancient era
Hamilcar Barca
275 BCE – 228 BCE
Carthaginian general (c. 275 – 228 BC)
Ancient era
Hasdrubal Barca
245 BCE – 207 BCE
Carthaginian general
Ancient era
Masinissa
238 BCE – 148 BCE
First king of Numidia from 202 BC to 148 BC
Ancient era
Judas Maccabeus
c. 500 BCE – 160 BCE
2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids
Ancient era
Antiochus III the Great
242 BCE – 187 BCE
Sixth Seleucid emperor (223–187 BC)