Considering whether if emperor Qin is or isn’t effective. It is a hard question. He done things that hurt and benefited China equally.Somehow, he is a little slanted toward effective, however it is very close to equal.China’s name came from him, Chin-(came from the word Qin)a.
First, he united China. At first China was only but a small scattered kingdoms who fought against each others before. Then, emperor Qin, becoming a king, waged war destroying everything that stand between him and uniting China. The other kingdoms, Yan, Zhao, Qi, Chu, Han, Wei of the warring period fall under one single ruler, emperor Qin.Even though he united China with massive amount of military troops he mustered in his kingdom of Qin. Every siege and battle cost lives. the war casualties was so high that it reached millions.
Other thing that he did that was good and bad was that the great wall of China. In order to protect the northern borders from being attacked by the mongols, he ordered a huge construction of connecting all the small walls into one huge wall.It was one of the most beautiful and top 7 wonders of the world. However, building it also cost lives, thousands of citizens were dragged from their home to construct a wall under hot weather, freezing temperature, and crossing difficult places to build it. The wall went through deserts,swampland,high mountains,and quicksands. Besides, no one was allowed to rest or have break or you will be executed or harshly punished.
Then the other thing he done that was good was that he standardized the culture. he ordered all the states under his rule to use the same money,measurement,and weights to make trading easier. Under his rule, the most benefited work was merchants and trading.the merchant traded easily and can be able to use the same moneys like metal and gold coins to trade.
Like I said he done bad and good things equally. Thousands and millions of lives was lost under his rule. but he builded one of the most spectacular monuments in the world.He also, named China after him.If he didn’t unite China, China won’t have a central government and there will be a large territory with no one owning it and the world history mostly involves in ancient China, China has 5000 years of history. It is a long history and without his work of uniting China, all the rest of the history would have been blank.