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TIL for over 500 years, Chinese States and Kingdoms fought over the Unification of the Realm. With Qin Shi Huang unifying it for 15 yrs. In the end, it was a Peasant-Nobody with his newly created Han Kingdom who defeated Qin Dynasty and all ancient Kingdoms to create an Empire which lasted 406 years

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