Terracotta Army
Thousands of clay soldiers guard the First Emperor's tomb
Qin Shi Huang died in 210 BC and was buried in a vast mausoleum at Mount Li. It is guarded by thousands of life-size clay warriors with horses and chariots, discovered by farmers in 1974.
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The terracotta sculptures of Nigeria's Nok culture were being made centuries before China's Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 218 BC Hannibal crosses the Alps — 8 years earlier
- 216 BC Battle of Cannae — 6 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Qin Shi Huang (aged 49)
- Hannibal (aged 37)
- Eratosthenes (aged 66)
- Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu of Han) (aged 46)
- Scipio Africanus (aged 26)
- Empress Lü (Lü Zhi) (aged 31)
- Cato the Elder (aged 24)
- Modu Chanyu (aged 24)