Posted on 07/25/2011 8:23:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in north China's Shanxi Province have discovered an ancient canteen that is believed to have been used during the Battle of Changping (262 BC).
The Battle of Changping was one of ten decisive battles that would reshape the country's central region during the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
The canteen is believed to date back to approximately 2,200 years ago and is located between the city of Gaoping and Lingchuan County in Shanxi Province. It is located north of the Qinling Mountains in close proximity to the Bailishi section of the Great Wall.
The canteen is believed to have been used by soldiers who were camped out while fighting during the Battle of Changping, which pitted the states of Qin and Zhao against each other.
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Dang, I was wondering where I left that back then.
Doesn’t ‘canteen’ mean either of two different things that are both used by soldiers? I wonder which one this is.
Lemme guess....next up, Chinese will claim they invented the canteen.
Just the vending machines inside them...;)
Lemme guess....next up, Chinese will claim they invented the canteen.
So was it made of aluminum?
They should be digging around, looking for ancient bronzed baby shoes.
something about after the Battle of Changping the youngest were freed the rest of the captured soldiers were buried alive?
The campaign took three years. An impatient king fired his general for pursuing a siege strategy. The new guy took the fight to the Qin but was lured into an envelopment. They still held out another 40 days.
And yes, the Qing massacred all but a few of the youngest soldiers. Legend has it 400,000, but that is certainly an exaggeration.
This battle cleared the way for the Qin unification of China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Changping
I wouldn’t be too surprised if the 400K killed is no exaggeration. Staggering to think of the impact that must have made (irrespective of the actual number) on the genetic and economic heritage of that part of China, and China as a whole.
The first war historian (in the western tradition) may have been Thucydides; during his work on the Peloponnesian War, he disparages Homer’s (et al’s) numbers for the Trojan War effort. :’) So, you’re in good company.
thanks :)
I read somewhere that the Mongols killed about 30 or 40 million people in western China to clear the land for grazing purposes.
But it’s okay, because they were net producers of CO2. /s
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