Emperor Qin Shi Huang
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Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 BC - 210 BC) He had great achievements in his life time and accomplished much, But when people think of Emperor Qin they think of the Great wall, and the Terra cotta Warriors and Horses, and was the first Emperor of China, to unify all under one rule, there is no question if he has influenced Chinese History...
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The Finding...
In 1974 Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China found an huge and one of the greatest archaeologist discoveries in the world. What they found were these clay warriors looking ready for a battle of the ages, standing from 6 feet to 6 and a half feet. When the archaeologist got there after being called up by the men/famers digging the well they didn't just find one of those soldiers they found thousands of these things. All with unique facial expressions and set in place different ways for rank. These soldiers are mostly grey now from over the years but on some they still have paint showing us diversity in their clothing and just the colors themselves, Some had swords and arrows also giving diversity with that. Not only were there soldiers but there were clay horses with wooden chariots behind them. To this day only four pits have been excavated, Three of the pits have soldiers, horses, and weapons, and the other pit has nothing inside due to Qin's death showing unfinished construction. Archaeologists estimate the pits or tomb of Emperor Qin contains as many as 8,000 figures, but the total may never be known...
In 1974 Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China found an huge and one of the greatest archaeologist discoveries in the world. What they found were these clay warriors looking ready for a battle of the ages, standing from 6 feet to 6 and a half feet. When the archaeologist got there after being called up by the men/famers digging the well they didn't just find one of those soldiers they found thousands of these things. All with unique facial expressions and set in place different ways for rank. These soldiers are mostly grey now from over the years but on some they still have paint showing us diversity in their clothing and just the colors themselves, Some had swords and arrows also giving diversity with that. Not only were there soldiers but there were clay horses with wooden chariots behind them. To this day only four pits have been excavated, Three of the pits have soldiers, horses, and weapons, and the other pit has nothing inside due to Qin's death showing unfinished construction. Archaeologists estimate the pits or tomb of Emperor Qin contains as many as 8,000 figures, but the total may never be known...
Emperor Qin's Tomb
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The Terra Cotta Warriors were created for their Emperor who had pasted away, they wanted an army to be with him in the after life. Even though there are thousands of the Warriors they didn't finish there production emperor Qin had ordered his people soon when he took the throne to build these warriors but was halted in 209 BC amid the uprising of Qin's death, over 700,000 laborers worked on the project. The Tomb was filled with fake/model palaces, pavilions and offices. Qin's Tomb remains unexcavated to this day...
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