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China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors
By Frances Wood
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As the traveling exhibition of terracotta warriors tours the U.S. from 2008 to 2010, a scholar chronicles the life of their terrifying emperor.
China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi (258-210 B.C.), began work on his tomb at age thirteen, when he became boy king of Xian, a dusty state in western China. By the time he died, over seven thousand meticulously detailed figures of soldiers and horses, acrobats, strongmen, scribes, administrators, musicians, artists, birds, and other …
China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi (258-210 B.C.), began work on his tomb at age thirteen, when he became boy king of Xian, a dusty state in western China. By the time he died, over seven thousand meticulously detailed figures of soldiers and horses, acrobats, strongmen, scribes, administrators, musicians, artists, birds, and other …