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Warriors of Ancient China

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This concise volume is about the entombed terracotta army of China's First Emperor, which was discovered in 1974, and was widely acknowledged as 'the archaeological find of the century'. The astonishing artifacts for the afterlife for an emperor over 2,000 years after his death, Qin Shihuangdi had unified China by brutally conquering other states in a series of swift campaigns. Paradoxically, he had ordered the burning of books and the executiion of scholar while standardising the written script. He had ordered the dismantling fortifications and city walls, yet at the same time ordered the Great Wall to be built. This concise and lavishly illustrated volume shows the paradoxical tyrant and reformer of the astounding, great mausoleum.

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Warriors of Ancient China, MAY HOLDSWORTH

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2004
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Titre
Warriors of Ancient China
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
FormAsia
Publié
2004
Format
rigide
Pages
74
ISBN10
9627283924
ISBN13
9789627283928
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This concise volume is about the entombed terracotta army of China's First Emperor, which was discovered in 1974, and was widely acknowledged as 'the archaeological find of the century'. The astonishing artifacts for the afterlife for an emperor over 2,000 years after his death, Qin Shihuangdi had unified China by brutally conquering other states in a series of swift campaigns. Paradoxically, he had ordered the burning of books and the executiion of scholar while standardising the written script. He had ordered the dismantling fortifications and city walls, yet at the same time ordered the Great Wall to be built. This concise and lavishly illustrated volume shows the paradoxical tyrant and reformer of the astounding, great mausoleum.