![Qin Shi Huang, the "First Emperor", unified the Warring States into a cohesive empire](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Qinshihuang.jpg/75px-Qinshihuang.jpg)
History of China from semi-mythical accounts from thousands of years ago, through dozens of kingdoms and dynasties, the end of the Imperial government in the early 20th century, to the present-day Communist Party of China.
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