More than 2000 years after the death of the first emperor, Qin Shihuang, the Chinese have released thousands of documents and artefacts from his reign, which recreate in detail the palaces, the clothes, the weapons and the armour of the period. Qin's achievements were superhuman. He unified China; set 30,000 people to the task of building the ...
An exploration of the important role played by elaborate clockwork in relations between China and Europe from the late sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries
Binding: Hard Boards
Publisher: Literary Management Group Book
Date Published: 1989
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library Good condition, usual library stamps etc. The first Emperor of China chronicles Shihuang's life from his birth in 259 B.C. untill his descent into madness and death in 210 B.C. Much of the story has never been told before, and few Westerners are aware of his incredible achievements. With many illustrations. 216 Pages. read more
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