where was emperor qin shi huang born?
Handan
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 Qin Shi Huang died of natural causes in 210 BCE . In 209 BCE the conscription officers Chen Sheng and Wu Guang , leading 900 conscripts through the rain , failed to meet an arrival deadline ; the Standard Histories claim that the Qin punishment for this delay would have been execution . To avoid this , Chen and Wu started a rebellion against Qin , known as the Dazexiang Uprising , but they were thwarted by the Qin general Zhang Han in 208 BCE ; both Wu and Chen were subsequently assassinated by their own soldiers . Yet by this point others had rebelled , among them Xiang Yu ( d . 202 BCE ) and his uncle Xiang Liang ( 項梁 / 项梁 ) , men from a leading family of the Chu aristocracy . They were joined by Liu Bang , a man of peasant origin and supervisor of convicts in Pei County . Mi Xin , grandson of King Huai I of Chu , was declared King Huai II of Chu at his powerbase of Pengcheng ( modern Xuzhou ) with the support of the Xiangs , while other kingdoms soon formed in opposition to Qin . Despite this , in 208 BCE Xiang Liang was killed in a battle with Zhang Han , who subsequently attacked Zhao Xie the King of Zhao at his capital of Handan , forcing him to flee to Julu , which Zhang put under siege . However , the new kingdoms of Chu , Yan , and Qi came to Zhao 's aid ; Xiang Yu defeated Zhang at Julu and in 207 BCE forced Zhang to surrender . 

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 By 1355 — Proclaimed heir to the throne and co @-@ emperor 

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 Since Emperor Hui did not sire any children with his empress Zhang Yan , after his death in 188 BCE , Lü Zhi , now grand empress dowager and regent , chose his successor from among his sons with other consorts . She first placed Emperor Qianshao of Han ( r . 188 – 184 BCE ) on the throne , but then removed him for another puppet ruler Emperor Houshao of Han ( r . 184 – 180 BCE ) . She not only issued imperial edicts during their reigns , but she also appointed members of her own clan as kings against Emperor Gaozu 's explicit prohibition ; other clan members became key military officers and civil officials . 

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 At birth , he was named Gaius Octavius after his biological father . Historians typically refer to him simply as Octavius ( or Octavian ) between his birth in 63 until his adoption by Julius Caesar in 44 BC ( after Julius Caesar 's death ) . 

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 1337 — Proclaimed co @-@ emperor along with his brothers 
