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title: Terracotta Army
author: Ingo Staudacher
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5429/terracotta-army/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Terracotta Army
_Authored by Ingo Staudacher_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5429.jpg)
## Image Caption
A portion of the [Terracotta Army](https://www.worldhistory.org/Terracotta_Army/), the clay life-size army in the [tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/) of the Qin emperor [Shi Huangdi](https://www.worldhistory.org/Shi_Huangdi/). c. 210 BCE, Shaanxi Province, [China](https://www.worldhistory.org/china/).
## Cite This Work
### APA
Staudacher, I. (2016, July 29). Terracotta Army. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Staudacher, Ingo. "Terracotta Army." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 29, 2016. .
### MLA
Staudacher, Ingo. "Terracotta Army." *World History Encyclopedia*, 29 Jul 2016, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terracotta_army_5256.jpg) by [**Ingo Staudacher**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terracotta_army_5256.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 29 July 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.