Opis: Life and Afterlife in Ancient China wer. angielska - Jessica Rawson

The three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of Chinese civilisation still in place today. Records of these early achievements, and their diverse and unexpected expressions, often lie not in written history but in the ways people marked the end of their lives.

Jessica Rawson here explores twelve grand tombs – each from a specific historical moment and place – showing how they reveal wider political, dynastic and cultural developments, culminating in the lavish ambition of the First Emperor's monument, guarded by his army of terracotta warriors. Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China illuminates a constellation of beliefs about life and death very different from our own and provides a remarkable new perspective on one of the oldest civilisations in the world.

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Szczegóły: Life and Afterlife in Ancient China wer. angielska - Jessica Rawson

Nazwa: Life and Afterlife in Ancient China wer. angielska
Autor: Jessica Rawson
Wydawnictwo: Penguin Books
Kod paskowy: 9780141994512
Ilość stron: 560
Format: 197 x 128 x 25
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.41 kg

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