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The Terracotta Army was built to protect the tomb of Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China, to boast his power and show loyalty to him after his death.

The Terracotta Army was made in order to help the Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huangdi) in 210-209 BC rule in the "afterlife." The warriors were buried with the Emperor of Qin in hopes that in the next life they would be his army. For this reason they are often dubbed "Qin's Army."

Like the Ancient Egyptians, the Emperor Qin believed inanimate objects such as statues of people or animals, or sculptures of food would come alive in the afterlife. The Emperor had the terracotta constructed in the belief that he would be as powerful in the spirit world as he was in the real world.

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What is the Terracotta Army know as?

the terracotta army


When was the terracotta army buried?

The estimated burial time of the Terracotta Army is around 209 BCE, and the discovery time is 1974 CE. Thus, the Terracotta Army was buried for 2100 years at least.


What did Qin Shihuang do with the Terracotta Army?

He ordered to build the Terracotta Army as his tomb guard in accordance with the appearance of his elite soldiers.


How was the Terracotta Army formed?

The Terracotta Army was formed by the first emporer. The first Emporer formed the army to protect his tomb, in which it took 11 years to build all these warrios standing in battle formation. The Terracotta Warriors purpose was to stand in front of the tomb and look like actual life size people guarding the tomb, "to protect the tomb" this scared of approchers, but some approchures didnt fall for this trick and stole some of the weapons, photographs, and sentimental valuables.


Was the army of terracotta warriors originally above or underground?

The Terracotta Army warriors were originally underground.


Who was the Terraccota Army?

The Terracotta Army was an army of life-sized terracotta figurines found in an ancient Chinese Imperial burial.


What types of ceramic work is the Terracotta Army?

terracotta work


How is the Terracotta Army related to Qin?

They were his army


How do you write Terracotta Army in Chinese?

Terracotta army in Chinese. jk its 赤陶军队. :)


Where did the the Terracotta Army lived?

the Terracotta Army figurines are not people therefor they didn't live anywhere or at any time


What is the date of the Terracotta Army?

It was not the Terracotta Army that Qin Shihuang used to take the whole country, but the soldiers who the Terracotta Army modelled after. Thus the unification of China by Qin Shihuang was happened in 221 BCE.


What are facts about Terracotta Army?

A fact about the terracotta army is that 1.All of the clay soldiers represent one of the soldiers that was in the army. So it basically represents the soldiers that was in the army.