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A Wonder of the World, Treasure of the Nation--Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shihuang
by Zhongyi, Yuan (Advisor To), And Xiaocong, Wu, And Yongqi, Wu, And Lianyao, Guo (Chief Editors)
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- Paperback
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- Fine in fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 7541802492
- ISBN 13
- 9787541802492
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Shaanxi Travel & Tourism Publishing House. At ISBN end /J.59 004800. Wraps. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Youmin, Gao, and Yitong, Yang, and Lingyun, Ma, and Yuying, Gao, and Zhongmin, Luo (Photographers all).. 0 10x10in. Glossy pictorial overlay (dustjacket) to plain white wraps. Emperor of China 259-210, Qin Shihuang (Ying, Zheng) was born during the Warring States Period when 7 separate feudal kingdoms were constantly at war. At 13 he came to the throne, taking over at 22. He fought for 10 years to unify China, succeeding. He proclaimed himself First Emperor, consolidated the economy, and imposed severe laws and high taxes. Long tradition in China is to treat the dead as the living, and the Emperor built a mausoleum to outdo all mausoleums, in Shaanxi Province, Lintong County. This volume describes and pictures this.
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- Title
- A Wonder of the World, Treasure of the Nation--Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shihuang
- Author
- Zhongyi, Yuan (Advisor To), And Xiaocong, Wu, And Yongqi, Wu, And Lianyao, Guo (Chief Editors)
- Illustrator
- Youmin, Gao, and Yitong, Yang, and Lingyun, Ma, and Yuying, Gao, and Zhongmin, Luo (Photographers all).
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- At ISBN end /J.59 004800
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 7541802492
- ISBN 13
- 9787541802492
- Publisher
- Shaanxi Travel & Tourism Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- China
- This edition first published
- 1990
- Keywords
- China; Mausoleum; Clay sculpture; Memorial; Tourism;|World
- Bookseller catalogs
- World Non-Fiction;
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