1853 CHINA Great Wall Antique Engraving , First Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang

Description: Antique Hand-colored Engraving The Great Wall Of China " Erected By The Emperor Chy-Hoang-Ty " " For The Purpose of Repelling the Tartar Invasions " 6" x 9.5" Hand-colored ( with watercolor paints ) Undated, however this print was removed from a 19th century book, published in 1853 . Over 165 years old. Scarce Carefully Packed for Shipment to the Buyer. ---------- Additional Information : Great Wall Of China The Great Wall of China is a series of fortification systems generally built across the historical northern borders of China to protect and consolidate territories of Chinese states and empires against incusions of various nomadic groups of the steppe ( Mongols etc. ) and inner Asia , and their polities. The walls were built of rammed earth, constructed using forced labour. Several walls were being built from as early as the 7th century BC by ancient Chinese states; selective stretches were later joined together by Qin Shi Huang ( 220 - 206 B.C.) , the first emperor of China. Later, many successive dynasties have built and maintained multiple stretches of border walls. The most well-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty ( 1368 - 1644 ). Apart from defense, other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road , regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watch towers, troop barracks, garrison stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire , and the fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor. An archaeological survey found that the entire wall, with all of its branches, measures 13,171 miles . Today, the defensive system of the Great Wall is generally recognized as one of the most impressive architectural feats in history. Chy-Hoang-Ty An old form of the name of the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang ( First Emperor of Qin ; 259 B.C. - 210 B.C. ), previously Zheng , King of Qin , personal name Yíng Zheng or Zhao Zheng. He was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China. He became China's first emperor when he was 38 after the Qin had conquered all of the other Warring States and unified all of China in 221 B.C.. His self-invented title " emperor " would continue to be borne by Chinese rulers for the next two millennia. During his reign, his generals greatly expanded the size of the Chinese state : campaigns south of Chu permanently added the Yue lands of Hunan and Guangdong to the Chinese cultural orbit ; campaigns in Central Asia conquered the Ordos Loop from the nomad Xiongnu, although eventually it would also lead to their confederation under Modu Chanyu. Qin Shi Huang also worked with his minister Li Si to enact major economic and political reforms aimed at the standardization of the diverse practices of the earlier Chinese states. His public works projects included the unification of diverse state walls into a single Great Wall of China and a massive new national road system, as well as the city-sized mausoleum guarded by the life-sized Terracotta Army . He ruled until his death in 210 B.C. during his fourth tour of Eastern China.

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Location: Coventry, Rhode Island

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