Author

Contributions

  • Caravan Studio - Contributor

Publication

2011 - Grosset & Dunlap, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

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Page Count

0 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC931/.04
  • LCCDS747.9.Q254 O27 2011
  • LCCDS747.9.Q254O27 2011

Description

For more than two thousand years, a secret army of life-size terra-cotta soldiers lay buried underground in China. But in 1974, some farmers digging a well discovered the first of what turned out to be an army of more than 7,000. Who made them? And why? In this fascinating reader, kids will learn all about one of the wonders of the ancient world and the fierce first emperor of China.

Subjects

Topics

TombAntiquitiesChina, historySoldiers in artJuvenile literatureChina, juvenile literatureTerra-cotta sculpture, Chinese

Places

ChinaShaanxi Sheng (China)

People

Qin shi huang Emperor of China (259-210 B.C)

Times

Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D

Series Statement

  • All aboard reading. Station stop 3

Other Editions

  • Hidden army: clay soldiers of ancient ChinaGrosset & Dunlap2011-01-01

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