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imported>Sol Pacificus Not comfortable with this page not having any info from Jade at all, but rewritten with a more authoritative source than Wikipedia. I'm not sure him being an inventor is credible, esp. what Wikipedia says about him traditionally thought to have invented the ink brush and guzheng, as these are not what he's famous for and inventions are sometimes misattributed in Chinese folklore. |
imported>Darman36 I guess "engineer", since "architect" is for buildings? |
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'''Meng Tian''' (蒙恬; c. 250 BCE – 210 BCE) was a [[China|Chinese]] general and road builder of the [[Qin dynasty]] who served under [[Qin Shi Huang]]. He was placed in command of the Qin campaign against the [[Xiongnu]] in the northern frontier and oversaw the construction of the [[Great Wall of China]] with 300,000 labourers as a bulwark against further nomadic | '''Meng Tian''' (蒙恬; c. 250 BCE – 210 BCE) was a [[China|Chinese]] general and road builder of the [[Qin dynasty]] who served under [[Qin Shi Huang]]. He was placed in command of the Qin campaign against the [[Xiongnu]] in the northern frontier and oversaw the construction of the [[Great Wall of China]] with 300,000 labourers as a bulwark against further nomadic [[raid]]s.<ref name="Lewis 2007">Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Paradoxes of Empire". In ''The Early Empires: Qin and Han''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 51–74.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:25, 4 August 2023
Meng Tian (蒙恬; c. 250 BCE – 210 BCE) was a Chinese general and road builder of the Qin dynasty who served under Qin Shi Huang. He was placed in command of the Qin campaign against the Xiongnu in the northern frontier and oversaw the construction of the Great Wall of China with 300,000 labourers as a bulwark against further nomadic raids.[1]
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- ↑ Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Paradoxes of Empire". In The Early Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 51–74.
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