I think it's partly like Europe...it might've been interesting if Napoleon (or Charlemange) actually succeeded in uniting everybody, we'd all be speaking a form of 'French'. But in essence I think that's what happened with Chinese.
Yes I did, actually. :) Wish I understood any of what they were saying. I insisted on watching it in its original mandarin. My sister folded when she heard the language. It was beauty, really.
Hee! It's actually an interesting fairytale of chinese history. That emporer is the one that basically united all of the various kingdoms; but via a scorched-earth policy in reference to the other cultures...that's why the people that hated him the most, that wanted to kill him the most, were artisans.
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wait, didja ever see Hero?
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