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| Other authors / contributors: | Dawson, Raymond.
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| ISBN: | 9780191527630
0191527637
0199226342
9780199226344
9786611149956
6611149953
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| Notes: | Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-158) and index.
Restrictions unspecified
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Translated from the Chinese.
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Print version record.
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| Summary: | Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty, in whose reign the Great Wall was built and whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta warriors excavated in 1974. His account details the ruthless exercise of power but also the creation of an empire that endured until 1911. - ;'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.'. The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First Emperor, founder of the dynasty, is to.
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| Other form: | Print version: Sima, Qian, approximately 145-approximately 86 B.C. Shi ji. English. Selections. First emperor. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199226344 0199226342
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