If the Qin Never Unified China

AlternateHistoryFan

Alright. Assuming the Qin Kingdom never conquered the other competing Chinese kingdoms to rule all of China after the Zhou Dynasty fell, how would China's later history differ by as late s the 1300s?

I borrowed this question from alternativehistory.com.
 
Avrorrange

Avrorrange

AlternateHistoryFan said:
Alright. Assuming the Qin Kingdom never conquered the other competing Chinese kingdoms to rule all of China after the Zhou Dynasty fell, how would China's later history differ by as late s the 1300s?

I borrowed this question from alternativehistory.com.
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Zhao unifies China.There were basically two candidates at the time to unify China,Qin and Zhao.If Qin doesn't do it,Zhao will probably do it,assuming this isn't after Changping or if after that,Zhao being able to recover with time.
 

AlternateHistoryFan

darthfanta said:
Zhao unifies China.There were basically two candidates at the time to unify China,Qin and Zhao.If Qin doesn't do it,Zhao will probably do it,assuming this isn't after Changping or if after that,Zhao being able to recover with time.
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Yes; Zhao was the other militarily strongest state in Chinaa the the time.
 

profxyz

Difficult to say. It's entirely possible that Qin Shihuang was simply the right person at the right time, and if he failed to take the chance to unify China, then the ever-switching alliances between the other states would eventually bar the way to further Qin consolidation.

Certainly I find a Zhao unification much harder to swallow than a Qin unification, considering that Zhao did not possess the geographical advantages that the Qin had. Chu unification was more possible imho, but the state was also hamstrung by its internal politics.
 
Avrorrange

Avrorrange

profxyz said:
Difficult to say. It's entirely possible that Qin Shihuang was simply the right person at the right time, and if he failed to take the chance to unify China, then the ever-switching alliances between the other states would eventually bar the way to further Qin consolidation.

Certainly I find a Zhao unification much harder to swallow than a Qin unification, considering that Zhao did not possess the geographical advantages that the Qin had. Chu unification was more possible imho, but the state was also hamstrung by its internal politics.
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Zhao does have much superior cavalry than the other states.
 

dandan_noodles

I wouldn't chalk it up to Ying Zheng specifically; after all, one of the key points of Legalism is that the king should rule through his power and authority, not by individual personality. The last Zhou king was killed by his father, and that was something of a watershed moment in the history of the Warring States; the machine of conquest was turning before the First Emperor was born.
 
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