Engineering and Empire part 3

                Shi Huangdi’s Tomb is only now being uncovered and is still largely buried. It is an amazingly complex tribute to China’s first Emperor. The whole tomb consisted of an inner and outer city centralized around the mausoleum that was said to be filled with mercury rivers and pear studded ceilings. An extravagant and seemingly impossible feet for the tecnology of the time. This shows the strength of vanity in a tictator. Most amazing of all were the terracotta soldier replica’s found. They were modeled after people or made with such detail that they each had its own identity ad there were over 7,000 soldiers along with horses and chariots. The three pits of terracotta soldiers found were an entire army with everything from generals to foot soldiers. These were an amazing example of how advanced and skilled people were in this time. But no matter the meticulousness of the soldiers or the height of his tomb it couldn’t keep Shi Huangdi from eventually dyeing and losing his empire. Shi Huangdi as foreshadowed, died and the empire fell into chaos. While they were ruled by a tyrant that they opposed it was still a form of leadership and once he was gone they were left without order.  And in the chaos Liu Bang stepped up and took control. He gained power from being exactly what Shi Huangdi wasn’t; relatable. He was a soldier and politician with a skill in speaking. He was more relatable to the people as he was not born into his role he worked to it. In the ways that he was different from Shi Huangdi he was also similar as he too continued the work on the wall expanding it farther westward and fortifying it’s defense. This leadership was the beginning of the Han Dynasty.