When we think of great historical figures, we think of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, etc., but Qin Shi Huang is never mentioned. Yet his achievements are nothing short of impressive.
the answer is obvious... there aren't enough video games about him, rap songs, or netflix series. that is how kids learn now... not in school. school is useless.
We did watch a series on china that covered the Ming dynasty, that was a good way to learn it.
I learned a bit from Rush songs.
USA... if this guy was in a history book, he got like 2 sentences. History is not taught well here until people become interested... college or later. a few kids get interested young and learn.
The US hardly touch on world history. I wasted 2 years of my HS learning world history, my teacher was horrible. I learned one word (what is the significance…) with a monotone voice that makes us fall asleep.
if you ask a high school student (ages 14-18). Most have no idea much about the US geography or world geography or the government system of the US. Or anything regarding the world. The family also don’t emphasize on these. Only the very few who are interested will read about it.
In addition, the education system is very boring when delivering these informations. There might be a few teachers who inspires to make it more interesting.
I learned more about France in 3-4 weeks through my travel than my whole life. that’s why those in the US have no clue much about the world/ world history.
Probably because the west wasn’t established as countries, like it is today, until almost 2,000 years after he was alive, so they have no shared history to learn about. Most of the world leaders you learn about in school are ones your own country has historically dealt with. There are courses in college that focus on specific countries history, though.
And I’m talking about the actual west. I think a lot of people don’t understand that it’s the Prime Meridian that separates the east from the west, and most of Africa and Europe are in the east. That’s why Asia is called the far east. When the west is referred to, people are typically referring to North, Central, and South America. (Even though there are a few other countries west of the Prime Meridian.)
Traditionally the Ancient Chinese themselves had a low opinion of the man. He worked a lot of his own people to death with corvee labor. Mao had a revisionist view on him and was inspired by his emphasis on state over family, however although Chinese people are reluctant to discuss Mao with foreigners, Mao has lost a lot of his popularity
Probably because his achievements had little to do with the development of the West.. From what I looked up he is best known for Unifying China, and becoming the first Emperor.. Seeing as China doesn't exactly have the best track record with the West, I guess theh wouldn't mention him..
Legends say his tomb is an underground palace with a river of Mercury around it or running through it. Supposedly to his tomb is cursed and that's why they don't want to open it (besides the Mercury). The levels of mercury in the soil surrounding his tomb are extremely high.
When I think of a great historical figure, I usually think of Genghis Khan, he created larger empire than Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar together.
But I never ignored Qin Shi Huang, because China is one of my favorite civilizations.
He's an Emperor, everything he did pertains to China more or less. Western people want to study Chinese philosophers and teachers like Sun Tzu or Confucius. What they say pertains to everyone.
Sorry to break it to you, but in Asia they studied European history and even US history. Obviously, they concentrate on the history of their own country, but at they have compulsory courses on foreign countries.
Personally when cover history I make time for non western countries.
Recently I learned about the history of technology and math and I do in order from prehistory, early history like Sumerian and Egyptian, then ancient china and India, Greek and Roman period, medieval European period, then I look at all the non western cultures because the west had collapsed, then I focus on Europe again during the renaissance, early modern period and industrial age, and then globally again in the late 19th century to the 20th century.
@KostasKouvalis 😂 I don’t play games. However, I have noticed, game developers are using historical background to build their games. Lots of kids are learning history outside of the classroom. It’s actually more fun for them.
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