Age of the Warring Countries

The main plan: Age of the Warring Countries

After a further strengthening of political, seven countries are mainly left in the late 5th century BC, with the years that these countries fought each other are recognized as the Age of the Warring Countries. Although there are kings of the Zhou Dynasty which ruled in the name of sahaja that year 256 BC, the king does not hold much power right.



During areas be neighbors with the warring countries were diilhakkan, for example areas in Sichuan and Liaoning present, these areas governed under a system of prefecture pentadbiran kekomanderan and new Tempatan. This system has been obliged since the Age of Winter and Summer Flower sebahagiannya whole and can still be seen in the system Sheng & Xian (province and kaunti) today. Final extension of this period began with the government of Ying Zheng, king of Qin. Penyatuannya against six other power and advanced pengilhakan-pengilhakan in areas of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi present in 214 BC mengisytiharkan allow ourselves as a Maharaja First (Qin Shi Huang Ti). Baginda classify people into three classes, namely the King, the nobility, and peasantry, to help oversee kemaharajaannya.