Question

This city’s Dàcí'ēn (“DAH tsuh-un”) Temple complex includes a leaning pagoda whose interior walls were engraved by the artist Yán Lìběn. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city, home to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. An archaeological site near this city contains high levels of mercury in its soil, corroborating the model rivers described in an account by Sīmǎ Qiān (“suh-muh ch’yen”).
ANSWER: Xī’ān (“shee-ahn”)
[10e] A burial site in Xī’ān contains over eight thousand warrior sculptures, forming an “Army” made out of this material.
ANSWER: terracotta [or earthenware; prompt on clay or pottery or ceramic]
[10m] Xī’ān’s Táng-dynasty Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was rebuilt and expanded under this ruler. This only official female emperor in Chinese history reigned from 665 to 705 CE, briefly establishing a second Zhōu (“joh”) dynasty.
ANSWER: Zétiān (“woo dzuh-t’yen”) [or Wǔ Zhào]
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U of Rochester ACornell A010010
Cornell FCornell B010010
Cornell CSyracuse1010020
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RIT BCornell E1010020
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