212 BC
212 BC — China: 秦始皇在咸陽坑殺犯禁者四百六十餘人 / Japan: Emperor Kōgen, accession
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| KoreaOld Chosŏn 2333 BC–108 BC | ChinaQin dynasty 221 BC–206 BC | JapanYayoi period 300 BC–250 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - BC214The Lingqu Canal was built.
- BC213Burning of books and burying of scholars: All copies of the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Documents and works of the Hundred Schools of Thought were ordered burned.
- BC213秦始皇焚毀天下詩、書、百家語和非秦國史書。
- BC210September — Qin Shi Huang died from mercury pills made by his alchemists and court physicians; ironically these pills were meant to make Qin Shi Huang immortal.
- BC210Qin Shi Huang was buried with the Terracotta Army in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
- BC210October — Qin Shi Huang's son Qin Er Shi succeeded him as emperor of China.
- BC210秦始皇亡於東巡。宦官趙高與丞相李斯擁立次子胡亥，假詔賜死長子扶蘇。
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