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China's first emperor

China's first emperor: Dives into the legacy of Qin Shi Huangdi, the "first emperor of China, from the military strategies that created an empire to his plans for the original Great Wall.

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  • "China's first emperor: Dives into the legacy of Qin Shi Huangdi, the "first emperor of China, from the military strategies that created an empire to his plans for the original Great Wall."@en
  • ""Lavishly produced in China with a top-notch cast of Chinese actors China's First Emperor recreates the ancient Chin empire and it's unique leader. Qin Shi Huangdi's amazing career as a military leader and ruthless ruler is chronicled in an action-packed, fast-paced and epic narrative. Leading experts from China, Europe and America explore the amazing technological and societal advances of the first Chinese empire as well as the mind of China's First Emperor. It is the story of a man who created a military superpower, built the Great Wall of China and left the world an entire army of terracotta soldiers, who guard his empire still. It is the story of Qin Shi Huangdi." -- website."
  • "Credited with both unifying China and tormenting its citizenry, Qin Shi Huangdi, the "first emperor of China," is one of the most controversial leaders in the nation's history. His reign brought advances such as standardized currencies, weights, and measures, unified written and spoken language and transportation systems. In battle, too, he was centuries ahead of his time--creating assembly lines to mass-produce precision-crafted swords, arrows and other weapons. This documentary examines this ruler's complex legacy, from the brilliant military strategies that created an empire to his plans for the original Great Wall."@en
  • "China's wall of doom: Investigates the enigmatic saga of the Great Wall of China by delving into the mind of the man who conceived it--China's tyrannical first emperor, whose tomb--protected by a recently discovered army of more than 7,000 terra cotta statues--has yet to be opened."@en
  • "Credited with both unifying China and tormenting its citizenry, Qin Shi Huangdi, the "first emperor of China," is one of the most controversial leaders in the nation's history. His reign brought advances such as standardized currencies, weights, and measures, unified written and spoken language and transportation systems. In battle, too, he was centuries ahead of his time--creating assembly lines to mass-produce precision-crafted swords, arrows and other weapons. This documentary examines this ruler's complex legacy, from the brilliant military strategies that created an empire to his plans for the original Great Wall. Bonus disc, China's Wall of Doom, features the discovery of the emperor's 7,000 life-size army of terra-cotta statues and the Great Wall of China."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "Biography"@en
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  • "Historical television programs"@en
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