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Qin Shi Huang Case Study

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Qin Shi Huang was the first Emperor of China from 221-207 B.C. He was the founder of the Qin dynasty. During his rule he ordered the construction of the Great Wall which was designed and built to protect against invasions. Even though the Great Wall seems like a massive building project, and is considered one of the Ancient Wonders of the World, the mausoleum he had built was far more detailed than the Great Wall.
In March of 1974 located approximately 20 miles east of the Chinese city of Xi’an, local farmers were digging a well in a field. They stumbled upon a large pit which led to the discovery of over 6,000 life-size terra cotta statues. After researching they learned that the site they had discovered was the burial place of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and excavations began almost immediately.
The Emperor survived 3 separate assassination attempts, and was constantly looking for a way to live forever. In his attempts to find a forever life, he regularly sent groups of men and women out to sea to search for and explore a land where people lived forever. Eventually he gave in to the realization that he would more than likely not live forever. Having understood this, he ordered that an elaborate tomb be built. Thinking that if he had to die, he wanted his afterlife to be comfortable and lavish. The mausoleum he had built turned out to be the largest burial ground in the world, the army of 6,000 life sized terra cotta soldiers they discovered surrounding it were

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