WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife.

Detailed explanation-2: -The army of life-size terra cotta soldiers, archers, horses and chariots was stationed in military formation near Emperor Qin’s tomb in order to protect the emperor in the afterlife.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Most of us have heard of the Terracotta Army and why it was created – to protect and accompany Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, in the afterlife. The Qin ruler’s tomb was constructed between 246 and 209 BC, and an estimated 8, 000 life-sized sculptures were placed in rows positioned according to rank.

Detailed explanation-5: -In ancient China, death was seen not as the complete end to an individual but rather, a new stage in life. Therefore, the army was intended not only to demonstrate the emperor’s power in this life, but also to extend that same power into the world of the dead.