秦朝

　　秦朝是中國歷史上第一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的、多民族的、中央集權(quán)的、封建王朝(feudal dynasty)。盡管秦朝只持續(xù)了15年，但是它在中國歷史上扮演著重要角色，對(duì)后續(xù)朝代產(chǎn)生了重大影響。為了鞏固國家統(tǒng)一，維持秦朝永傳萬代，秦始皇在政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、軍事和文化上進(jìn)行了很多改革。政治上，他宣布自己就是這個(gè)國家的皇帝，手握重權(quán)。經(jīng)濟(jì)上，他統(tǒng)一了度量衡(weights and measures)和貨幣。另外，他還統(tǒng)一了文字以及車輪之間的距離。世界奇跡—萬里長城也是他命令建造的。

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　　The Qin Dynasty was the first unitary ,multi-national and power-centralized ,feudal dynasty in Chinese history .Although lasting only for 15 years ,it played an important role in Chinese history and exerted a great influence on the foltowing dynasties .To strengthen the unity of the nation and to perpetuate the Qin Dynasty ,Emperor Qin Shi Huang carried out many reforms in politics ,economy ,military affairs and culture .In politics ,he declared himself the emperor of the stale in possession of all major powers .In economy ,he standardized weights and measures as well as money .In addition ,he standardized the written characters and the distance between two wheels .The miracle of the world ,the Great Wall of China was also built under his order.