Paul Sorrells

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The historian Sima Qian tells the story that Shi Huangdi had palaces and pavilions built to symbolise each of the conquered nations, full of their treasures, artefacts and women, so the emperor could revisit each of his conquests:
The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
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