The formation is mixed with foot soldiers, crossbow soldiers ... bronze weapons represent the high level of handicraft of the Qin Dynasty. Each life-size warrior and horse figurine was made ...

The soldiers are in trenchlike ... According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne.

depicting individual soldiers with varying facial features, hairstyles, and garb. The individuals even appear to reflect the various ethnic and cultural groups that fell under the Qin dynasty (221 ...

The tomb was protected by a Terracotta Army of 8,000 soldiers, chariots and horses ... Within three years, the Qin Dynasty was over. But the emperor's legacy lived on in his construction projects ...

A curator from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how the terra cotta warriors were discovered and what they reveal about China s Qin dynasty Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...

In the late Qin Dynasty (A.D. 265-316 ... of the Eastern Han Dynasty included "several thousand mounted Xiongnu soldiers." As a protest against Western Jin rule uprisings of the Xiongnu, Jie ...