The Terra Cotta Army : China's first emperor and the birth of a nation /

The terra cotta army is one of the greatest, and most famous, archaeological discoveries ever made. Over eight thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the first emperor of China--and each figure is individually carved, perhaps representing real members of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Man, John, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2009.
Temas:
Qin shi huang, > Emperor of China, > 259 B.C.-210 B.C.
Qin Shi Huangdi > China, Kaiser > Grabdenkmal.
221 B.C.-960 A.D
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese > Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.
Excavations (Archaeology) > China > Shaanxi Sheng.
Terres cuites chinoises > 221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han)
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Chine > Shaanxi.
HISTORY.
Qin Dynasty (China)
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Kings and rulers
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese > Qin-Han dynasties
Grabdenkmal > China > Geschichte Qin-Dynastie (221-206 v. Chr.)
Terrakotta > Motiv > Soldat > China.
Soldat > Motiv > Terrakotta > China.
Militär > China > Geschichte Altertum.
Lingtong > Grabdenkmal.
China > History > Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
Shaanxi Sheng (China) > Antiquities.
China > Kings and rulers.
China > History > 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
China > Antiquities.
Chine > Histoire > 221-207 av. J.-C. (Dynastie des Qin)
Chine > Histoire > 221 av. J.-C.-960.
Chine > Antiquités.
China
China > Shaanxi Sheng
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of maps
  • Note on spelling
  • Acknowledgements
  • Picture acknowledgments
  • Preface: Army of the past and present
  • Part 1: Origins
  • 1: Discovery
  • 2: Grand historian's hidden agenda
  • 3: Warring states, conflicting ideas
  • 4: From prince to king
  • 5: Making of China
  • 6: Ruthless frenzy
  • Part 2: Beyond The Grave
  • 7: World to come
  • 8: Digging the tomb
  • 9: Making the eternal army
  • 10: Sudden death
  • 11: Consumed by fire
  • Part 3: Eighth 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.

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