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    drank with at the Last Supper) and Merlin who in some accounts is trapped in a tomb for eternity‚ Nicolas and his wife Perenelle Flamel who were‚ to legend great alchemists who developed the Philosophers Stone which gives the owner immortality. Qin Shi Huang Di the first Emperor of China sought immortality in his old age so he sent thousands of people to try to find the Legendary Elixir of Life but failed‚ although he wasn’t claimed to be immortal he tried huge lengths to try to achieve it‚ he ironically

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    The Terra Cotta warriors were founded on March 29‚1974 when some farmers in the Shaanxi province were trying to dig up a well. Little did they know that a tomb for Qin Shi Huang (the first Emperor of China) lied only about 1 mile from their well. The first Emperor first came into power in 246BC when he was just thirteen years old. He spent most of his life building and uniting nations around forming what we now know it as “China”. He is known to be the father of all of china creating writing‚ currency

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    a film or text of your choice. The film ‘Hero’ (2002)‚ directed by Yimou Zhang‚ is set during the ‘Warring States Period’ of Chinese Antiquity‚ prior to the unification of these states by the ‘first’ Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang ‚ the historic model for the film’s King of Qin . In a climate of terror and ruthless violence‚ minorities defend their right to exist as independent people‚ with separate linguistic and cultural traditions. The characters of Nameless‚ Snow and Broken Sword emerge as

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    under the influence of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. Recovered artefacts from the site‚ along with primary written sources recorded during the Qin Empire have exposed considerable characteristics such military organisation‚ discipline‚ knowledge and intelligence‚ beliefs in the afterlife and affected human lifestyle to enable a reconstruction of‚ and reflect on ancient Chinese culture. * The crossbow‚ an extremely powerful weapon used by high order members of the Qin army‚ provides historians with

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    creativity introducing many beliefs to Chinese culture. 6. Who gained control of China and formed the Qin Dynasty? Shi Huangdi took down the last Zhou emperor and gained sole rule of china forming the Qin Dynasty. 7. How did he handle the problems of feudalism? Shi handled the problems of feudalism by forming a strong military and crushing regional resistance. 8. What did Qin Shi Huangdi do to prevent northern invasions (instead of relying on

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    Who were the Terracotta Warriors? “The Terracotta Warriors are considered an 8th wonder of the world.” They were created over 2000 years ago to protect Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife. Some people believe that the warriors were for protection‚ others believed that they were a curse and new research has caused argument that they were for military training. “The Terracotta Army was traditionally believed to have been the guardians of the first emperor of a unified China‚ but research has claimed that

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    protect what’s left of the wall and to encourage the Chinese government and others to save the historic structure. According to a World Monuments Fund report‚ "[The wall] was built to protect China; now China must protect it." The Great Wall of Qin China’s Great Wall didn’t start out so great. Begun nearly 2‚300 years ago‚ the structure was a series of small fortifications. As early as 600 B.C.‚ people in China built small walls around their homes and cities for protection. Soldiers guarded

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    The Zhou‚ Qin and Han Dynasties: Zhou Facts; the Zhou are believed to have been Turkic-speaking peoples from Central Asia and their second capital was built in the Wei Valley. (West of the Yellow River) King Wu‚ their leader overthrew the Shang and adopted some Shang’s culture‚ but extended Chinese rule beyond the boundaries of Shang On their capital (Wei Valley)‚ the royal families got huge tracts of lands and the rest of the people living in this are were peasants who lived in villages

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    eastern China for 400 years‚ to nations that collapsed all of a sudden‚ like Qin. Even though there were countless numbers of nations existed in this period‚ there were some unchanging factors: strong centralized government and existence of shi. However‚ they also had various change in politics over time‚ which is the variation of fundamental idea. First of all‚ every major nation during period 1200BCE and 220CE‚ Zhou‚ Qin‚ Han‚ established centralized government. This is crucial for Chinese history

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    Chinese seal carving was one of the four traditional arts of ancient China‚ along with painting‚ calligraphy‚ and poetry. Seal carving was an art of deep cultural roots of the Chinese generations. The first record of a seal in China was from 544 BC‚ during the Spring and Autumn period; right after Chinese ancestors could make potteries and owned properties. When the first dynasty was established‚ the emperor began to use seals. These seals were created for the purpose of making marks on people’s

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