TIL: Before the Terracotta army, when chinese emperors died all their servants were killed to aid them in the afterlife. Building the terracotta army spared emperor Qin from killing more than 8000 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army



Submitted March 17, 2015 at 07:26PM by A1phaBetaGamma http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zcmg4/til_before_the_terracotta_army_when_chinese/