The Terra Cotta Army : China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation.
The Terra Cotta Army is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made. Over seven thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the first emperor of Chinaand each figure was individually carved. Weaving together history and a first-hand account of hi...
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| Imprint: | Boulder : Da Capo Press, 2009. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- A NOTE ON SPELLING -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE: AN ARMY OF THEPAST AND PRESENT -- I: ORIGINS -- 1. Discovery -- 2. The Grand Historian's Hidden Agenda -- 3. Warring States, Conflicting Ideas -- 4. From Prince to King -- 5. The Making of China -- 6. A Ruthless Frenzy -- II: BEYOND THE GRAVE -- 7. The World to Come -- 8. Digging the Tomb -- 9. Making the Eternal Army -- 10. Sudden Death -- 11. Consumed By Fire -- III: THE EIGHT WONDER -- 12. Six Thousand Characters in Search of a Role -- 13. New Marvels in Bronze and Stone -- 14. On Handling Treasures -- 15. To Be Revealed -- Appendix 1: Dates and Dynasties -- Appendix 2: Qin and the Terra Cotta Army in Context -- Bibliography -- INDEX. | |
| 520 | |a The Terra Cotta Army is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made. Over seven thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the first emperor of Chinaand each figure was individually carved. Weaving together history and a first-hand account of his experiences in China, John Man tells the fascinating story of how and why these astonishing figures were created in the third century BC, and how they have become a symbol of China's history, culture, and society. | ||
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| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Qin shi huang, -- Emperor of China, -- 259-210 B.C. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Excavations (Archaeology) -- China -- Shaanxi Sheng. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Antiquities. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a China -- Kings and rulers. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a China -- History -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. | |
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