-
the army was buried with Emperor Qinshihuang's to protect his tumb, and it was one of the eight underground armyies made.
-
A ruler from the western state of Qin united and subjugated the Warring States and formed China in 221 B.C. He declared himself the first emperor of China and named himself Shi Huangdi (meaning First Emperor). During the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C. - 206 B.C.), the emperor connected and extended the old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C. (over 2500 years ago), forming the Great Wall of China to stop invading barbarians from the north.
-
Emperor Qin absorbed the other six states and set up the first unified kingdom in Chinese history. In order to strengthen his newly born authority and defend the Huns in the north, he ordered connecting the walls once built by the other states as well as adding some sections of his own.
-
it refers to the numerous petty city-state kingdoms when they were consilated into seven major condenfors.
-
This book of songs was one of the earliest book of chinese poetry! It had about 305 poems in it and it could have also been called Book of Odes!
-
this was also known as the spirt board or the talking board.People thought throught this board it was a way to talk to the spirts to find out about yur future.
-
Lady Hao was an queen and military general, and she was one of the many wifes of Wu Ding.
-
Historically, crossbows played a significant role in the warfare of East Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean. Today, they are used primarily for target shooting and hunting.
-
The book's author is unknown. Although it is traditionally attributed to the Duke of Zhou, Confucius, or his disciples, scholarship suggests that someone compiled and edited diverse glosses from commentaries to pre-Qin texts, especially the Shijing.
-
the battle of banquan may actually only refer to the third of a series of three battles. Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, shortly afterwards fought Ciyou, or Chi You, at the Battle of Zhuolu. Both battles were fought not long apart, and on nearby plains, and both involved the Yellow Emperor. The Battle of Banquan is credited for the formation of the Huaxia tribe the basis of the Han Chinese civilization.
-
a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese thought and life.
-
buffalos were domesticated in many differnet places at many differnt times
