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A United Kingdom<br />
By 221 b.c.e., the king was the ruler of all of<br />
China. It had taken him over twenty years, but he had<br />
done it! His work was not finished yet, however. China<br />
was big. Mountains, deserts, river valleys, and plains<br />
separated parts of it from each other.<br />
How could he unify his empire? How would he keep<br />
order? <strong>The</strong>se were the challenges facing Qin Shihuang<br />
(chin shir hwong), the first emperor of China.<br />
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