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Qin Shi Huang (259-210 B.C.) and His Empire
Qin Shi Huang ... started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world. The 8,000 vivid, life-size pottery ...
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Emperor Qin's Tomb
Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in the world: a life-size ... the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First ...
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An Army for the Afterlife: Qin Shi Huang Di's mausoleum
No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not discovered until 1974. Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the ...
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An Overview of the Qin and Han Chinese Dynasties
In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The ...
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Qin Shi Huang (259-210 BC) and His Empire
He was called Qin Shi ... early in his reign. The terracotta warriors and horses of the "underground army" guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world. The 8,000 vivid, life ...