The Terracotta Army refers to the thousands of life-size clay models of soldiers, horses, and chariots which were deposited around the grand mausoleum of Shi Huangdi, first emperor of China and founder of the Qin dynasty, located near Lishan in Shaanxi Province, central China. https://www.worldhistory.org/Terracotta_Army/ #History #ChineseWarfare #QinDynasty #ShiHuangdi

Throughout history, in order for a government to be respected and obeyed, it must possess some form of legitimacy recognized by the governed. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1461/the-mandate-of-heaven-and-the-yellow-turban-rebell/ #History #China #ChineseEmperor #ChineseWarfare

The Battle of Red Cliffs (also known as the Battle of Chibi, 208 CE) was the pivotal engagement between the forces of Northern China led by the warlord Cao Cao (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Red_Cliffs/ #History #BattleofRedCliffs #CaoCao #ChineseWarfare

With zinging arrows, powerful crossbow bolts, stabbing swords, and swinging axes all a staple feature of the Chinese battlefield, it is not surprising that soldiers sought to protect themselves as best they could with armour and shields. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1143/armour-in-ancient-chinese-warfare/ #History #ChineseWarfare #TerracottaArmy #WarringStatesPeriod

The bow was the most common weapon in ancient Chinese warfare and the skill of using it was the most esteemed martial art for millennia. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1144/archers-in-ancient-chinese-warfare/ #History #ChineseWarfare #TerracottaArmy #WarringStatesPeriod

The crossbow was introduced into Chinese warfare during the Warring States period (481-221 BCE). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1098/crossbows-in-ancient-chinese-warfare/ #History #China #ChineseWarfare #TerracottaArmy

The Art of War (Sunzi bingfa) is a 5th-century BCE military treatise written by the Chinese strategist Sun-Tzu (aka Sunzi or Sun Wu). https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Art_of_War/ #History #ChineseWarfare #Sun-Tzu #TheArtofWar

The Early Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China, from 184 CE to 190 CE for the purposes of this article, was one of the most turbulent in China's history. With an ailing Han government unable to control its empire, brutal localised wars, rebellions and uprisings were rife. The capital would soon fall, followed by the Han dynasty itself, split asunder by rival dynastic factions at court, schemi...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1174/the-early-three-kingdoms-period/ #CaoCao #China #ChineseWarfare

Sun Tzu (l. c. 500 BCE) was a Chinese military strategist and general best known as the author of the work The Art of War, a treatise on military strategy (also known as The Thirteen Chapters). He was associated (formally or as an inspiration) with The School of the Military, one of the philosophical systems of the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Spring and Autumn Period (c. 772-476 BCE), whi...https://www.worldhistory.org/Sun-Tzu/ #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseWarfare #Sun-Tzu