China's first emperor, Shi Huang Di, was a powerful ruler. In the 3rd century BC he unified China by defeating the six surrounding kingdoms. He also unified the writing, laws, currency, weights and measures, and much else. He tried to destroy the the influence of Confucius and built a major section of the Great Wall. He was very cruel. When he became emperor at the age of thirteen he immediately ordered construction of a great tomb palace on which...