Only Fu Su, the Crown Prince, dared to question his father, and for his insolence was exiled to the North to help supervise the building of the Great Wall. During one such incident, known as the Burning of the Books, he destroyed countless historical works and buried 400 scholars alive.

Preferring to govern by fear, he tortured, imprisoned or executed countless citizens who had any potential to oppose his rule.

Yet, with all his imperial enhancements, the First Emperor was also a bloodthirsty tyrant whose cruelty knew no bounds.

Even more impressive within its 15-year history were the completion of the Great Wall of China and the construction of the Tomb of the First Emperor. The Emperor also created a centralized system of government with a uniform structure of laws, standardized money, measurements and character scripts for the Chinese language. Under the rule of Ying Zheng (Shi Huangdi or the First August Emperor as he's more commonly referred to), the Qin dynasty unified the country for the first time in its history, thereby ending the longstanding, brutal Warring States period. The Qin dynasty (pronounced 'chin') is notorious for being not only one of the shortest, but also one of the most controversial ruling periods in all of Chinese, if not world, history. Take notes, because there will be a test at the end. It also provides the player with greater insight as to why and how these events shaped the history and future of China.

It fleshes out the time period and the world that the game is set in, making a long-gone time period seem much more accessible to a modern audience. This has two additional benefits for players. The depth of the research presented in this game is immense.

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