The Underground Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
by Fu Tianchou
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0835113914
- ISBN 13
- 9780835113915
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About This Item
Beijing: New World Press [0-8351-1391-4] 1986, 2nd printing. (Square trade paperback) 111pp. Very good. French flaps. Maps, black and white and color photographs and illustrations. The covers are lightly edgeworn and there is a small closed tear to the bottom of the spine at the front cover. "The discovery of the terracotta army buried near the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first unifier of China, is regarded as one of the most spectacular archaeological finds of the 20th century. Created 2,200 years ago as an imperial guard to serve the emperor in his afterlife, these thousands of life-size warrior and horse figures equipped with chariots and bronze weapons, bear witness to the military might of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty". Book about Emperors--China & Qin Shi Huang. Time Period 200 BC. Introduction by Sidney Shapiro. (History--China, Afterlife, Ancient History, Burial Customs, History--China, Terracotta).
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153386
- Title
- The Underground Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
- Author
- Fu Tianchou
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0835113914
- ISBN 13
- 9780835113915
- Publisher
- New World Press
- Place of Publication
- Beijing
- This edition first published
- November 1985
- Keywords
- History--China, Afterlife, Ancient History, Burial Customs, History--China, Terracotta
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