HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Shi Huang-di
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Ramses the Great
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Chandragupta I
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Qin Shang ZHou
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some warrior figures even appear to be headless, simulating what one might have found at the army pits of the First Qin Emperor (Qin Shihuangdi) in Xi’an, China. The pits of terracotta warrior figures were discovered by accident in 1974, when local farmers were sinking a well.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emperor Qin Shihuang (259-210BC), the first emperor of China, commanded the construction of the grand Terracotta Army to guard him in his afterlife after he ascended the throne.
Detailed explanation-3: -Near the unexcavated tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi-who had proclaimed himself first emperor of China in 221 B.C.-lay an extraordinary underground treasure: an entire army of life-size terra cotta soldiers and horses, interred for more than 2, 000 years.