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  2. Terracotta Army - Wikipedia

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    The mound where the tomb is located Plan of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum and location of the Terracotta Army ().The central tomb itself has yet to be excavated. [4]The construction of the tomb was described by the historian Sima Qian (145–90 BCE) in the Records of the Grand Historian, the first of China's 24 dynastic histories, which was written a century after the mausoleum's completion.

  3. Zheng He - Wikipedia

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    Zheng He (also romanized Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese admiral, explorer, diplomat, and bureaucrat during the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644). He is often regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history.

  4. List of warlords and military cliques in the Warlord Era

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    Lists portal; Major Chinese warlord coalitions as of 1925. The Warlord Era was a historical period of the Republic of China that began from 1916 and lasted until the mid-1930s, during which the country was divided and ruled by various military cliques following the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916.

  5. Imperial Guards (Tang dynasty) - Wikipedia

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    The Forbidden Guards, Zhao Mausoleum The Imperial Guards of the Tang dynasty, also known as the Forbidden Troops (simplified Chinese: 禁军; traditional Chinese: 禁軍; pinyin: jìn jūn), were initially honor guards and shock troops of the emperor and garrisons of the imperial capitals during the Tang's formation in the early 7th century.

  6. Military of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) - Wikipedia

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    Cataphracts with Jin dynasty (Jurchen) flags.Ruiyingtu (瑞應圖, Illustrations of Auspicious Omens), Song dynasty painting.. The military of the Jin dynasty (Chinese: 金朝; pinyin: Jīn cháo), officially known as the Great Jin (大金; Dà Jīn), was the military force of an imperial dynasty of China, founded by rulers of Jurchen origin, that ruled over northern China between 1115 and 1234.

  7. Category:Chinese warriors - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Chinese warriors" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. So Chan; E. Eastern Depot;

  8. Military of the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The military of the Ming dynasty was the military apparatus of China from 1368 to 1644. It was founded in 1368 during the Red Turban Rebellion by Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor). The military was initially organised along largely hereditary lines and soldiers were meant to serve in self-sufficient agricultural communities.

  9. List of military figures by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "Xiao Wei Yuan Zhang 小委员长" (Chinese, "Little Chairman"), – Chen Cheng, Chinese political and military leader, and one of the main National Revolutionary Army commanders during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, because Chiang Kai-Shek was often referred to as 'Chairman', thus to describe Chen's position as second ...