Qin Shi Huangdi as a Hero or Villain

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Qin Shi Huangdi as a Hero or Villain

• By Sonja, Joanna, Vasuda, Michael, Zain Philip
  F.

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Intro on Shi Huangdi

• He was the first emperor of China
• Considered as a brutal and cruel man
• People suffered because of the next generations
• Wanted to show his power in history, he believed
  in building large things
• Buried scholars alive and burned all their books

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Shi Huangdi as a Villain

• Forced all the men from around the area to leave
  their families just for building the great wall
• Even though he did keep the Mongolians out, more
  people died because of the great wall
• He shared customs with the barbarians
• He knows nothing about good faith or virtuous
  actions

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Facts on Terracotta Warriors

• He ordered these terracotta warriors to be built
  at the age of thirteen
• These 8099 warriors were spread out between 3
  pits
• First pit was largest, contained 6,000 figures.
  Second pit contained 1,400 figures. Third pit
  held only the high ranked officers and a war
  chariot drawn by 4 horses
• Filled with real armor and weapons

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Great Wall of China

• Built over 2,000 years ago
• Its 4.5 to 9 meters wide
• Made with masonry, rocks and tightly packed stone
• If the people who built the wall was ill, they
  were still forced to keep on working
• Not burying the labours in the great wall because
  that will weaken it, instead bury them around the
  areas of the wall

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Shi Huangdis Life in Detail
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