Xi'an in the Ancient World

The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 216 BC to 413. The most recorded lives are Qin Shi Huang, Sima Qian and Kumārajīva.

Cao Cao
in 218
1 moment here
Cao Cao (c. 155–15 March 220) was a late Eastern Han statesman, military leader, and poet. He built a power base in central and northern China,…
Kumārajīva
from 402 to 413
2 moments here
Kumārajīva was a Kuchean Buddhist monk, scholar, and Sanskrit-to-Chinese translator. His education and movements connected Kucha, Kashmir, Kashgar,…
Qin Shi Huang
from 216 BC to 213 BC
2 moments here
Born Zhao Zheng at Handan, he became king of Qin as a child, completed the conquest of the rival Warring States, and proclaimed himself China’s First…
Sima Qian
from 126 BC to 110 BC
2 moments here
Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty and author of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian).…