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Topic: RSS FeedMaking distinctions: recognizing fact and opinion.
Writing!, February, 2008
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China's Terra-Cotta Army
In March 1974, a group of farmers made an amazing discovery while digging a well near Xi'an, in Shaanxi Province, China. They stumbled upon an underground chamber filled with life-size statues of warriors made of unglazed clay, or terra-cotta. Archaeologists soon arrived on the scene to investigate. They came to the realization that the farmers had located the lost tomb of China's first emperor, Ch'in Shih Huang Ti.
Ch'in Shih Huang Ti (259-210 B.C.) was 13 years old when he came to power. He was a great military ruler who used his powerful army to unify China. His reign ended a period of Chinese history called the Warring States Period.
He...
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