What is the origin of these assertions about The Palaces of Qin shih Huang?
Upvote:0
This is not really an answer to my question.
A while ago I was thinking about a scene in Frank Herbert's novel Dune Messiah (1969) where a character enters the Grand Reception Hall of Emperor Paul's palace at Arrakeen on the planet Dune. They think that the Grand Reception Hall would be large enough to contain any citadel of any ruler in history.
That gives the impression that the floor of the Grand Reception Hall would be large enough to contain the entire largest citadel of any ruler in Earth's history.
And I had to wonder whether Frank Herbert actually knew how large the largest citadels of rulers of parts of the planet Earth in history up to the present time were. And whether Herbert ever thought about how much larger the ruler of an entire planet which was more technologically advanced than ancient or even present day Earth could build their citadel.
And that reminded me of what little I have read about the palaces of Ch'in Shih Huang Ti or Qin Shi Huang in various publications over the decades.
One) that he built copies of the royal palaces of every kingdom he conquered.
Two) that he built a giant palace, the Afang or Epang Palace.
Three) that he built a large number of palaces, often given as 270, surrounding his capital city, and that the total distance they covered was miles, sometimes given as 27 miles, and that he moved from palace to palace through underground passageways so nobody would know where he was sleeping, for fear of assassination.
So if the hundreds of palaces were connected, and used as a defense against assassination, they could be considered to be a citadel of Qin Shi Huang.
If the palaces were arranged in a circle with a circumference of 27 miles or 43.4523 kilometers, it would have a radius of 4.297 miles or 6.9 kilometers, and a diameter of 8.594 miles or 13.83 kilometers.
If the palaces were arranged in a square with a circumference of 27 miles or 43.4523 kilometers, each side would be 6.75 miles or 10.86 kilometers long.
If the palaces were arranged in a rectangle twice as long as wide, it would be 4.5 by 9 miles, or 7.24 by 14.48 kilometers.
I note that what is considered to be the largest fortress on Earth, the Ranikot Fortress or Great Wall of Sindh, has a circumference of about 32 kilometers or 20 miles, and so would require almost as large a room to fit inside. And it was built out of stone instead of wood and earth by a much less powerful ruler than Qin Shi Huang.
So I posted my question on Sept. 5, 2023, and so far nobody has provided any translations from the early historians about the palaces of Qin Shi Huang.
But I have been doing a lot of research online and made some interesting discoveries since then. And I guess that I will write answers with what I have found out.
More post
- 📝 What did Julius Lippert lecture on after WWII?
- 📝 Why has the Brazilian currency been changed so often throughout its history?
- 📝 What were the flaws in the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey?
- 📝 Can anyone identify this sword?
- 📝 What was the attitude of Brazil's government towards the Spanish Civil War?
- 📝 Was Kamehameha I unique in elevating so many foreigners?
- 📝 When the Chinese were driven out of modern Vietnam in AD 938, did an Vietnamese ethnic identity already exist?
- 📝 Was the Tsar's property separated from state property in Russian Empire in early 19th century (regarding land)?
- 📝 Why were Spain and Portugal neutral / not invaded in WWII?
- 📝 How did China deal with the Black Death during the second plague pandemic?
- 📝 Identifying a badge/medal
- 📝 Has Britain's 1940 invasion of Iceland been downplayed by historians?
- 📝 What are some good references for the history of legal business entities?
- 📝 Who was the most recent pope to crown a king or emperor?
- 📝 When the term "president" was used the first time?
- 📝 What happened to the King Bar in Saigon?
- 📝 How exactly did the government work with very large empires?
- 📝 Was Frederick Douglass right that in his day 'religious slaveholders are the worst'? If so why would this be?
- 📝 Why was an independant Saarland country created twice after each world war?
- 📝 Is there any research on specific details of ancient/medieval blacksmithing related to microelements added via plants?
- 📝 Why was the Records of the Three Kingdoms composed before that of the Later Han?
- 📝 What was the median price for a slave child in the Augustan Rome?
- 📝 Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch's strange title
- 📝 Why were swords used in battle?
- 📝 Are there any reasonable sources of data on numbers of religious adherents, for different religions, throughout history?
- 📝 How did production of grain change with Hellenistic Egypt coming under Roman rule?
- 📝 Did the Romans know about China?
- 📝 Why did Mussolini say that people are not really free if they don't have access to the ocean?
- 📝 Is Maxwell really owner of Maxwell's Equations?
- 📝 To what extent is the flora and fauna on Guadalcanal edible?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What is the origin of these assertions about The Palaces of Qin shih Huang?
- 📝 What is the origin of the American stereotypes about Swedish women?
- 📝 What is the origin of these WW1 "official history" maps?
- 📝 What can these photos say about my father's service for the British in WWII?
- 📝 What is the origin of 3 meals a day?
- 📝 What did Germany do in World War II about the different rail gauge in the Soviet Union?
- 📝 What is the origin of the stereotype that Polish people lack intelligence?
- 📝 What is the oldest authentic example of people complaining about modern times and the young?
- 📝 What do the modern Japanese people think about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- 📝 What disruptions were brought about by Islam that the Arabians saw so many victories?
- 📝 What happened to these buildings near the Seine?
- 📝 What evidence is there of the vision aids people used before the invention of eyeglasses in about 1286?
- 📝 What is the origin of the "wheat and chessboard" legend?
- 📝 What did Native Americans know, or speculate, about the Old world?
- 📝 What is the origin of the names of planets in Arabic?
- 📝 What did Tacitus write about Nero and the Great Fire of Rome 64AD?
- 📝 What did Hitler mean with the following statement about Franco?
- 📝 What is known about the Ubaid lizard-people figurines?
- 📝 What historical evidence is there for the existence of Jesus Christ? What do we know about him?
- 📝 What did the average German citizen know about the war?
- 📝 What is known about the possibility of a "real King Arthur"?
- 📝 What did the top minds of the late 17th century have to say about Salem witch trials?
- 📝 What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme?
- 📝 What is the origin of Indian weekday names?
- 📝 What were the thoughts of the Celts, Romans and other ancient European people about the standing stones which survive from prehistoric times?
- 📝 What did the Soviets know about the Hunger Plan during WWII?
- 📝 What do I need to know about Syria's history to understand the 2011-2012 uprising?
- 📝 What paintings might these be (2 sketches made in the Tate Britain Gallery)?
- 📝 What is the origin of the rampant lion herald?
- 📝 What do we know about the organizational structure of the Library of Alexandria?