Assembly of the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum
210 BCE
Creation of a subterranean imperial army of 8,000 unique life-sized terracotta soldiers.
Sources and References
Mausolée du Premier Empereur Qin à Lintong (Xi'an, UNESCO)
Consulter l'archive officielle ↗Sima Qian, Shiji (Description du mausolée du mont Li)
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