HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to defend him in the after life
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to help him during war
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In order to achieve immortality, he built himself a tomb-a vast underground city guarded by a life-size terracotta army including warriors, infantrymen, horses, chariots and all their attendant armor and weaponry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emperor Qin’s Tomb The Terra-Cotta Army protects the tomb of China’s first emperor. Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi’an, China, in 1974 struck upon one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in the world: a life-size clay soldier poised for battle.
Detailed explanation-3: -The discovery of the Terracotta Warriors was a complete surprise to everyone because there are no historical records of them, or of an underground army. They had sat untouched underground for more than 2, 200 years. This only adds to the mystery, as it is now the largest and most important tomb site in China.
Detailed explanation-4: -Qin Shi Huang believed that the inanimate funerary objects such as animal and human statues would come to life in the underworld, so that he could still enjoy the emperor’s life and rule in the afterlife. With this powerful underground army, he could defend against other states in the underworld as well.