It was not the Terracotta Army that Qin Shihuang used to take the whole country, but the soldiers who the Terracotta Army modelled after. Thus the unification of China by Qin Shihuang was happened in 221 BCE.
the terracotta army
The estimated burial time of the Terracotta Army is around 209 BCE, and the discovery time is 1974 CE. Thus, the Terracotta Army was buried for 2100 years at least.
He ordered to build the Terracotta Army as his tomb guard in accordance with the appearance of his elite soldiers.
The Terracotta Army warriors were originally underground.
The Terracotta Army was an army of life-sized terracotta figurines found in an ancient Chinese Imperial burial.
terracotta work
No one knows specifically how many artisans built the Terracotta Army, because the workers were believed to be buried alive after its completion. The Terracotta Army was part of Qin Shi Huan Di's tomb which is still yet to be completely uncovered to this day. Qin Shi Huan Di's tomb took ~36 years and hundreds of thousands of workers to build. Again, no exact figures are possible because it is believed the entire hundreds of thousands strong workforce was all buried alive/killed after the tomb was completed.
They were his army
Terracotta army in Chinese. jk its 赤陶军队. :)
the Terracotta Army figurines are not people therefor they didn't live anywhere or at any time
A fact about the terracotta army is that 1.All of the clay soldiers represent one of the soldiers that was in the army. So it basically represents the soldiers that was in the army.